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Bingen–White Salmon station

Coordinates: 45°42′54″N 121°28′08″W / 45.7151°N 121.4688°W / 45.7151; -121.4688
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Bingen–White Salmon, WA
General information
Location313 West Depot Street
Bingen, Washington
United States
Coordinates45°42′54″N 121°28′08″W / 45.7151°N 121.4688°W / 45.7151; -121.4688
Owned byBNSF Railway
Line(s)BNSF Fallbridge Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus interchange Mount Adams Transportation Service[1]
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: BNG
History
OpenedDecember 15, 1907 (Portland and Seattle Railway)[2]
October 25, 1981[3]
Rebuilt1992
Passengers
FY 20232,620[4] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Vancouver, Washington
toward Portland
Empire Builder Wishram
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Following station
Underwood
toward Portland
Main Line Lyle
toward Spokane: Great Northern or Northern Pacific
Location
Map

Bingen–White Salmon is a train station in Bingen, Washington served by Amtrak. The unstaffed station is part of a larger BNSF dispatch center located one block south of Stuben Street (SR 14) in Bingen. The building is orangish-yellow in color.

Rail service through Bingen and nearby White Salmon began on December 15, 1907, when regular service began on the Portland and Seattle Railway.[2] The station was named after both Bingen and nearby White Salmon by a court order in 1910,[5] and formally introduced in 1930 by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.[6] The current station was built in 1992.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Fixed Route Service". Klickikat County. July 1, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Portland & Seattle Railway Starts Regular Trains Today". The Spokesman-Review. December 15, 1907. p. 45. Retrieved January 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  3. ^ "Amtrak Timetable Changes - Effective October 1, 1981". timetables.org. Amtrak. October 1, 1981. p. 6. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Fifth Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Washington. Olympia, Washington: E. L. Boardman. December 1910. p. 131. Retrieved February 24, 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Bingen-White Salmon, WA (BNG)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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