America’s Rail Network: Northwest Region

The states of Washington and Oregon are planning for a Vancouver BC future where trains provide a fast, reliable and a ordable CANADA option for intercity travel in their growing region. Bellingham Paci c Northwest corridor-wide improvements: $70.2 million in HSIPR funding will provide next Seattle generation locomotives or up to two trainsets to improve operations on the corridor. An additional $57.4 million

Tacoma will go towards improving wayside signals and prepare

WASHINGTON White sh Empire Builder the corridor for Positive Train Control (PTC). Olympia-Lacey Spokane

Seattle to the Canadian border: More than $86 million

Cascades in HSIPR funding will provide signicant congestion relief and better service reliability through track, signal and

Missoula Vancouver Pasco siding improvements, as well as new customs inspection Portland tracks near the border. Work also includes improvements MONTANA to reduce vulnerability to mudslides and slope failures Salem that cause passenger train delays and annulments.

Enhancing facilities in Seattle: HSIPR funds totaling Eugene-Spring eld Billings $67.1 million will go towards improving the building, track, signal and yard improvements at the King Street OREGON Station. The improvements add track capacity, signalize all yard tracks, and modify station platforms and canopies

Coast Starlight Coast to accommodate an increase in Amtrak passenger and Sound Transit commuter train trac. The work also will Boise bring the facility up to modern building standards while IDAHO retaining its historic character.

Improvements between Seattle and Portland: FRA issued a Finding of No Signicant Impact (FONSI) for the Point Deance Bypass project, which will construct a bypass between Tacoma and Nisqually, WA, as well as a Casper LEGEND 1.4-mile single-track passenger main line in downtown WYOMING Regional (90-125 mph) Tacoma, and enhance stations. With an investment of Emerging (up to 90 mph) $110.4 million in HSIPR funds, these improvements will Amtrak Long-Distance Route allow passenger trains to circumvent signicant freight Corridor Planning trac, increasing reliability on the corridor. Additional Class I Railroad HSIPR investments of more than $145 million in this Cheyenne Population Density corridor will reduce slow orders and congestion and

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All images: Wikimedia Commons except where noted Image: ickr user Slideshow Bruce Northwest Region

Region Characteristics Ridership Growth Population Served Population within 30 miles of a passenger station that receives at least one daily intercity train. Global Rank 900 14M (comparable to) 4% of U.S. 800

s ) 700 Population 70 d (Guatemala) n

s a 600 $0.7 Trillion u 4% of U.S. o h t

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s 400 Economy 24 r (Saudi Arabia) e g

$ n 300 488,000 sq. mi.

14% of U.S. s e

a 200 P +36% 66% 23 100 Land Area (Portugal, Spain, France, Since 2005 Served and Belgium combined) - FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12

Corridor Details

Federal Investments ($M, 2008-2012) Service Improvements Distance Improved Corridor Investment Description More Trains/ Better (miles) HSIPR TIGER RRIF Other Total Faster Travel Stations/ New Service Reliability Equipment Eugene - Portland 123 $19 - - - $19 Upgrades to stub tracks at Eugene-Springeld Station.  Track and signal improvements to allow for two additional daily Portland - Seattle 187 $791 $10 - - $801 round-trips; station upgrades; enhanced safety and reliability.     Extension of a siding at Mount Vernon Station, improving shared Seattle - Vancouver BC 157 $3 - - - $3 freight-passenger service.     Other Corridors / Freight Investments n/a - - $5 $8 $13 Improvements to freight corridors/facilities throughout the region. varies State Rail Plans n/a $1 - - - $1 Planning to lay groundwork for future rail service. planning TOTAL $815 $10 $5 $8 $838

SOURCES : Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010. Economy: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2010. International Statistics: CIA World Factbook, 2012. All Other Information: Federal Railroad Administration, 2012.