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Historic depots

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Source: Carter, Clive; Carter, Ann (2009). Washington State Railroad Depots: Photo Archive. Hudson, Wisconsin: Iconografix. ISBN 978-1-58388-245-0. LCCN 2009930374. OCLC 298776528.

Page numbers for indexes are listed second. Unless otherwise noted, depots were one-story buildings.

Great Northern main line (pp. 6–32; 33–36)
  • Newport
  • Scotia
  • Camden
  • Elk
  • Milan
  • Chattaroy
  • Dean
  • Mead
  • Hillyard
  • UP Jct.
  • Spokane
  • Lyons
  • Fairchild
  • Waukon
  • Edwall
  • Bluestem
  • Harrington
  • Mohler
  • Downs
  • Lamona
  • Odessa
  • Irby
  • Marlin
  • Wilson Creek
  • Stratford
  • Adrian
  • Soap Lake (destroyed by fire, May 3, 1945)
  • Ephrata (replaced 1902, enlarged 1912, remodeled 1944, reduced 1980, current Amtrak)
  • Winchester
  • Quincy
  • Trinidad
  • Vulcan
  • Columbia River
  • Vantage
  • Rock Island
  • Malaga
  • Wenatchee
  • Monitor
  • Cashmere
  • Dryden
  • Peshitan
  • Leavenworth (removed 1969)
  • Drury
  • Chiwaukum
  • Nason Creek
  • Merritt
  • Gaynor
  • Berne
  • Cascade Tunnel (removed 1930)
  • Tye (formerly Wellington)
  • Embro
  • Corea
  • Scenic
  • Madison
  • Alpine
  • Tonga
  • Skykomish
  • Grotto
  • Baring
  • Halford
  • Index
  • Gold Bar
  • Startup
  • Sultan
  • Monroe
  • Snohomish
  • Lowell
  • Everett (1910, 2-story)
Great Northern Everett–Blaine branch (pp. 6–32; 33–36)
  • Mukilteo
  • Mosher
  • Meadowdale
  • Edmonds (1957, current Amtrak)
  • Richmond Beach
  • Metum
  • Ballard
  • Ballard (new)
  • Interbay
  • Seattle (Madison/Marion)
  • Seattle (King Street)
  • Bayside
  • Marysville
  • English
  • Silvana
  • Stanwood
  • Fir
  • Mount Vernon
  • MVB
  • Burlington
  • Belleville
  • Bow
  • Blanchard
  • F&S Jct.
  • South Bellingham
  • Sehome Jct.
  • Ferndale
  • Custer
  • Blaine
Great Northern Anacortes–Rockport branch (pp. 6–32; 33–36)
  • Anacortes
  • Fidalgo
  • Whitney
  • Avon
  • Sedro Wooley
  • Lyman
  • Hamilton
  • Concrete
  • Sauk
  • Rockport
Great Northern Black Diamond/Taylor branch (pp. 6–32; 33–36)
  • Seattle
  • Renton
  • Elliot
  • Cedar Mountain
  • Cedar Grove
  • Sevens
  • Maple Valley
  • Black Diamond
  • Taylor

Other branches: Renton–Coal Creek, Monroe–Carnation, Wenatchee–Oroville, Mansfield, Waterville, Coeur d'Alene, Moscow/Colfax, Spokane–Nelson, Kettle Falls–Republic, Curlew–Oroville

Milwaukee Road (pp. 58–59)
  • Tekoa
  • Rosalia
  • Malden
  • Pine City
  • Ewan
  • Revere
  • Ralston
  • Lind
  • Warden
  • Othello
  • Corfu
  • Smyrna
  • Beverly
  • Cohasset
  • Rye
  • Kittitas
  • Ellensburg
  • Thorpe
  • Horlick
  • Cle Elum
  • Easton
  • Whittier
  • Meadow Creek
  • Hyak
  • Rockdale
  • Garcia
  • Cedar Falls
  • Barneston
  • Seattle (Union)
Milwaukee Road branches (pp. 58–59)
  • Auburn
  • Sumner
  • Kent
  • North Puyallup
  • Tacoma

Other branches: Port Townsend–Agnew, Port Angeles, Twin Rivers, Hoquiam, Raymond, Morton, Ashford, Enumclaw, Everett–Snoqualmie, Hanford, Moses Lake, Palouse, Metalline Falls, Glacier, Lynden, Kulshan

Northern Pacific (pp. 91–96)
  • Moab
  • Otis Orchards
  • Trentwood (Steno)
  • Irvin (Trent)
  • Spokane
  • Marshall
  • Cheney
  • Tyler
  • Sprague
  • Keystone
  • Ritzville
  • Paha
  • Lind
  • Cunningham
  • Hatton
  • Connell
  • Mesa
  • Eltopia
  • Pasco
  • Kennewick
  • Vista
  • Badger
  • Kiona
  • Prosser
  • Byron
  • Mabton
  • Satus
  • Alfafa
  • Sunnyside Jct.
  • Toppenish
  • Wapato
  • Parker
  • Union Gap
  • North Yakima
  • Selah
  • Pomona
  • Wymer
  • Umatanum
  • Ellensburg
  • Torhp
  • Bristol
  • Cle Elum
  • Easton
  • Martin
  • Stampede
  • Kennedy
  • Weston
  • Lester
  • Hot Springs
  • Humphrey
  • Eagle Gorge
  • Palmer Jct.
  • Kanasket
  • Ravensdale
  • Covington
  • East Auburn
  • Auburn
  • Kent
  • Black River
  • Seattle (King St.)
Northern Pacific Seattle–Vancouver Main Line (pp. 91–96)
  • Cristopher
  • Sumner
  • Puyallup
  • Tacoma
  • McCarver Street
  • Titlow
  • Steilacoom
  • Ketron
  • Nisqually
  • St. Clair
  • Kyro
  • East Olympia (1913)
  • Plump
  • Tenino
  • Bucoda
  • Centralia
  • Chehalis
  • Napavine
  • Winlock
  • Vader
  • Olequa
  • Castle Rock
  • Kelso
  • Longview
  • Kalama
  • Woodland
  • Ridgefield
  • Knapps
  • Felida
  • Vancouver Jct.
  • Vancouver (SP&S)
Northern Pacific Sumas / Lakeshore (pp. 91–96)
  • Boulevard
  • Interbay
  • Ballard Jct.
  • Ballard
  • Ross
  • Fremont
  • Edgewater
  • Latonia
  • Ravenna
  • Yessler Jct.
  • University
  • Wayne
  • Bothell
  • Woodinville
  • Grace
  • Maltby
  • Cathcart
  • Blackmans
  • Snohomish
  • Lowell
  • Machias
  • Dubbeque
  • Hartford
  • Getchell
  • Sisco
  • Edgecomb
  • Arlington (1890)
  • Bryant
  • Pilchuck
  • Days
  • McMurray
  • Erlich
  • Montbourne
  • Big Lake
  • Clear Lake
  • Sedro
  • Woolley
  • Sedro-Woolley (1907?)
  • Delavan
  • Hoogsdale
  • Thornwood
  • Prairie
  • Wickersham
  • Saxon
  • Acme
  • Comar
  • Van Zandt
  • Case
  • Deming
  • Lawrence
  • Nooksack
  • Sumas

Other branches: Prairie Line, Grays Harbor Line, Gate Line, Elma, South Bend, American Lake, Wilkeson, CrockerBurnett, Yacolt, Sumas (SELS), Bellingham, Darrington, Monte Cristo, Lake Washington, Snoqualmie, Green River, Naches, Tieton, Moxee, Simcoe, Adrian, Ritzville, Snake River, Eureka, Walla Walla, Pendleton, Palouse/Lewiston, Spokane, Central

Spokane, Portland and Seattle (p. 102)
  • Vancouver
  • Elsworth
  • Fisher
  • Camas
  • Washougal
  • Prindle
  • Skamania
  • Stevenson
  • Carson
  • Home Valley
  • Collins
  • Cooks
  • Hood
  • Underwood
  • White Salmon
  • Lyle
  • Grand Dalles
  • Avery
  • Maryhill
  • Cliffs
  • Towal
  • Goodnoe
  • Fountain
  • Sundale
  • Roosevelt
  • Moonox
  • McCredie
  • Alderdale
  • Carley
  • Whitcomb
  • Patterson
  • Coolidge
  • Plymouth
  • Berrian
  • Mottinger
  • Yellipit
  • Hover
  • Finley
  • Kennewick
  • Levy
  • Snake River
  • Kahlotus
  • Washtucna
  • Benga
  • Waukee
  • Lamont
  • Amber
  • South Cheney
  • Scribner
  • Spokane (GN)
  • Klickitat
  • Centerville
  • Goldendale
Union Pacific (pp. 125–126)
  • Seattle (Union)
  • Georgetown
  • Shared tracks with Milwaukee Road
Union Pacific Old Main Line (pp. 125–126)
  • Cheney
  • Hooper Jct.
  • Marnego
  • Ayer Jct.
  • Atalia
  • Wallula
  • Walla Walla
  • Prescott
  • Bolles
  • Alto
  • Starbuck
  • Tucannon (Grange City Jct.)
  • Riparia
  • Hay
  • La Crosse
  • Winona
  • Endicott
  • Diamond
  • Colfax
  • Elberton
  • Garfield
  • Farmington
  • Seltice
  • Latah
  • Fairfield
  • Rockford
  • Bell
  • Tekoa
  • Freeman
  • Mica
  • Dishman
  • Spokane
  • Washtucna
  • Kahlotus
  • Connell

Branches: Connell, Primo, Tono, Olympia, Grays Harbor, Ilwaco, Moscow, Pleasant Valley, Yakima, Wallula, Dayton, Pomeroy, Waverly

Rapid transit proposals

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Proposals

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1911 (Bogue)
1920 (Dimmock)
  • Various ROW, streetcar express concept; serves Fremont, U District, Spokane
  • Downtown trunk on 4th Avenue between Spokane and Olive, then 3rd Avenue to Denny
  • Map
  • Archives blog
1926 (Trimble)
  • Serving Spokane Street, Georgetown/Orcas to Rainier, Fremont, University/Ravenna
  • Map
1928 (Pollock)
  • Serving Downtown, Eastlake, University, Fremont (south of canal)
  • Map (Downtown)
1957 (Anderberg)
  • Monorail in Freeway ROW, downtown stations at Jackson and Westlake/Olive
  • Map (Downtown inset)
  • Document: Kennett, John J. (March 1, 1957). Rapid Transit on Freeway, Tacoma-Seattle-Everett. Seattle Transit System. OCLC 13297486.
  • News article: "Monorail For Tollway Here Under Study". The Seattle Times. May 27, 1955. p. 2.
1967/1970 (Forward Thrust)
  • Rapid transit subway in exclusive ROW
  • Downtown alignment: 3rd Avenue between Bell and Jackson/5th
  • Service to Ballard via Interbay, Lake City via U District, Bellevue/Redmond/Eastgate, Renton, West Seattle (BRT)
    • Long-Range Plan: Snohomish County, Rainier Valley, Airport, Green River Valley (Kent/Auburn), Newcastle
  • Map
1986 (PSCOG-Metro)
  • Lynnwood to Federal Way, with spur across I-90 to Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and Bothell
  • Map
1997 (Monorail)

Stations

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Location Bogue
(1911)
1920 1926 Anderberg
(1957)
Forward Thrust
(1968–70)
PSCOG-Metro
(1986)
Sound Transit
(1996)
Downtown Seattle
Convention Place Yes
(Line 9)
Yes Yes No No Yes No
(DSTT)
Westlake Yes
(Lines 1/9/17)
Possible Possible No Yes
(Pine/Pike)
No Yes
(DSTT)
University Street Yes
(Line 1)
Possible No No Yes
(Seneca/Spring)
Yes
(Union)
Yes
(DSTT)
Central Library No Possible No No No No Yes
(ST3)
Pioneer Square Yes
(Line 1)
Possible No No Yes
(Cherry/James)
No Yes
(DSTT)
ID/Chinatown Yes
(Line 11)
Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
(DSTT)
Northwest Seattle
Ballard (15th/Market) Yes
(Line 2)
No No No Yes
(Market/20th)
No Yes
(ST3)
Fremont Yes
(Line 5)
Yes Yes No No No No
(ST3 Draft)
Northeast Seattle
Capitol Hill (Broadway) Yes
(Line 10)
No No No Yes
(45th & 15th)
No Yes
(ST1)
University of Washington Yes
(Line 12)
No No No Yes Yes Yes
(ST1)
U District (45th) Yes
(Lines 7/8)
Yes
(40th & 14th)
Yes
(15th)
No Yes
(45th & 15th)
Yes Yes
(ST1)
Roosevelt Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(ST2)
Southwest Seattle
West Seattle Yes
(Lines 18/19)
Yes
(Spokane)
Yes
(Spokane)
No Yes
(Fauntleroy/Avalon)
No No
(ST3)
Southeast Seattle
Mount Baker Yes
(Line 15)
No No No No No Yes
(ST1)
Eastside
Judkins Park Yes
(Line 11)
No No No Yes Yes
(Rainier)
Yes
(ST2)
Mercer Island No No Yes Yes Yes
(ST2)
Snohomish County
Downtown Everett Yes No Yes
(ST3)
Paine Field No No Yes
(ST3)
Lowell Yes No No
Beverly Yes No No
Emander Yes No No
Ash Way Yes
(Martha)
No Yes
(ST3)
Alderwood Yes Yes Yes
(ST3)
Lynnwood Yes
(Hall)
Yes Yes
(ST2)
Mountlake Terrace Yes
(Ballinger)
Yes Yes
(ST2)
North King County
Northgate No No Yes Yes
(ST2)
NE 130th Yes
(Haller)
No Yes Yes
(ST3)
NE 145th No No Yes Yes
(ST2)
NE 185th Yes
(Richmond)
No Yes Yes
(ST2)
South King County
Sea-Tac Airport No No
(Long Range)
Yes Yes
(ST1)
Angle Lake No No
(Long Range)
Yes Yes
(ST1)
Pierce County

Sound Transit 3 projects

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Ballard (2035)
  • 1911 Bogue
  • Forward Thrust
  • Monorail
  • ST3 Draft: 2038
West Seattle (2030)
  • 1911 Bogue
  • Forward Thrust (busway)
  • Monorail
  • ST3 Draft: 2033
Everett (2036)
  • 1986 PSCOG (SNO-TRAN North Corridor)
  • 1993 Regional Transit Project (JPRC): Paine Field (Airport Road) and I-5 corridor as separate branches
  • Paine Field alignment debate
  • ST3 Draft: 2041
Tacoma Dome (2030)
  • 1995 proposal, cut from Sound Move (1996)
  • 2007 Roads and Transit, cut from ST2 (preliminary engineering and ROW acquisition only)
  • ST3 Draft: 2033 completion
Kirkland-Issaquah (2041)
  • 1986 PSCOG to Bothell via Eastside Rail Corridor
  • 1993 Regional Transit Project (JPRC): Issaquah via I-90, I-405 corridor
  • Save Our Trail truncation