![]() The new depot was substantially completed in October 1909, along with an underpass for Kittitas Street, a new roundhouse, and freight facilities at the old depot. A section of track was raised two feet (0.61 m) by Great Northern to bring trains to platform level for the new depot, which would use granite and brick masonry. Construction of the new depot began in June with excavation for a basement heating plant, and moved to above-ground construction by August. ![]() Great Northern announced the following month that they would use the Kittitas Street site for the depot, for which the Wenatchee city council granted a franchise. The plan was opposed by property owners on Orondo Avenue who would be removed to make way for the depot and new tracks. In April 1909, Great Northern filed plans to build a $50,000 depot at Columbia Street and Orondo Avenue, located between Kittitas and First streets, with additional tracks in a city-owned alley. The railroad announced plans in May 1906 to build a new depot to the south at Kittitas Street exclusively for passenger services. The town's Great Northern depot was originally located at Columbia Street and First Street, near the center of the original plat, but was deemed too small to handle both passenger and freight uses. ![]() The Great Northern Railway arrived in the area on October 17, 1892, and completed its railroad over Stevens Pass to Seattle the following year. The modern settlement of Wenatchee began in 1890 with real estate developers planning a town along the proposed route of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, which was never completed. History Great Northern depot The Great Northern depot in Wenatchee, photographed before its demolition The station also has a 9-foot (2.7 m), four-sided street clock that is located at the corner of Kittitas Street and Wenatchee Avenue. The shelters above the bus bays have eight stainless steel funnels sculpted by Terry Valdez that use ethnic imagery and symbolism to represent the Wenatchee Valley. The wall of the outer bus platform has 276 ceramic tiles painted by elementary school students from eight school districts within the Link Transit service area. The building lobby has a large panoramic mural by Jan Cook Mack that depicts the Wenatchee Valley from Burch Mountain. The station has several pieces of public artwork designed by local residents and schoolchildren in 1997. The Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail runs a block to the east of the train platform on the banks of the Columbia River. Link Transit owns the building, bus bays, and parking lot, while BNSF Railway owns the train platform and other facilities. ![]() The 400-foot-long (120 m) train platform is located across Columbia Street from the rest of the complex, adjacent to a park and ride lot with 67 stalls. A set of separate bus bays are located on Columbia Street and are used by intercity buses. The three-story station building is located in the northeast corner of the block and includes the Link Transit guest services center, a passenger waiting room, offices, public restrooms, and a cafe. The bus platforms are located on the west half of the complex, consisting of 16 bays arranged around a loop and central island, including an electric bus charger. Columbia Station was opened for bus services on July 13, 1997, and a new Amtrak platform opened a year later in June 1998 following construction delays.ĭescription The train platform at Columbia Station, served by Amtrak's Empire BuilderĬolumbia Station spans two city blocks in downtown Wenatchee, bound to the west by Wenatchee Avenue and to the north by Kittitas Street. It was followed by the relocated Empire Builder in October 1981, which stopped at a temporary platform on the site of the demolished depot. Amtrak service to Wenatchee began in 1973 with the short-lived North Coast Hiawatha, which ceased operations in 1979. The station is located at the site of an earlier depot built by the Great Northern Railway in 1910. The station is also served by intercity buses operated by Grant Transit Authority, Northwestern Trailways, and Travel Washington. It is a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder train and is the main hub for Link Transit, the local bus system serving Wenatchee and surrounding areas. Location in the United States Show map of the United StatesĬolumbia Station, also known as Wenatchee station, is an intermodal train and bus station in Wenatchee, Washington, United States.
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