The first new generation Amtrak Cascades train has left the factory, and is now being tested ahead of its 2026 service launch ...

Portland’s Union Station is one of the most beautiful places to catch a train, according to National Geographic. National ...

An Amtrak train at Union Station in Portland on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (KATU) According to WSDOT, Cascades saw significant jumps in ridership year-over-year between 2021 and 2023.

Amtrak Cascades has only one train set that will serve the #503 and #508 trips traveling daily between Seattle and Eugene. The service usually runs 12 trains daily between Seattle and Portland.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Big plans are in the works for the Amtrak Downeaster, including twin platforms at the Wells train station and potentially a move for the Portland station. "2024 was the ...

With stations ranging from New York to Los Angeles, National Geographic says these train stations are “dripping with old-school opulence.” Earning a spot on the list: Portland’s Union Station.

An Amtrak train headed to Los Angeles from Seattle had been stuck on the tracks near Eugene, Oregon since Sunday after hitting a tree that fell onto the tracks.

Passenger rail ended in the region in 1997 after Amtrak’s Pioneer line was discontinued. From 1977 until 1997, the route ran from Seattle to Denver through Portland, The Dalles, Pendleton, La ...

It is still lower from 2019 when ridership peaked at 753,000. Amtrak has since added additional service between Portland and Seattle to accommodate the increase in passenger travel.