Amtrak Cascades

Seattle to Eugene. Southbound train 503 and northbound train 504, daily. The table below lists the named stretches in southbound order with the direction and season each is in daylight.

Duration

6 h 38 m

Southbound end to end, scheduled

Frequency

Daily

A stop is 24 hours or a multiple

Trains

503 southbound, 504 northbound

12 stations

Shows

Mountains Big rivers Pacific coast Big cities Wine country

What you see, in order

Southbound order. Times are the published timetable at the midpoint of each stretch, in Pacific time. "Dark" means the scheduled time is after sunset or before sunrise in that month; "dawn" and "dusk" are within 30 minutes of them.

Stretch	Southbound 503	Northbound 504	Stations around it
Seattle departure and Boeing FieldThe Space Needle is in view leaving Seattle; minutes later Boeing Field is on the right, where Boeing tests and delivers aircraft, with the original red brick plant, now the Museum of Flight, across the runway.Watch for Space Needle, Boeing Field	Early morning, 7:16 a.m.daylight Apr to Sep; dawn Oct to Nov; dark Dec to Jan; dawn Feb to Mar	Midday, 1:54 p.m.daylight	Seattle, Tukwila
Commencement Bay and the Nisqually RiverAfter Tacoma the line follows Commencement Bay with the Olympic Mountains across the water, then crosses the Nisqually River before Olympia-Lacey.Watch for Commencement Bay, Olympic Mountains	Morning, 8:15 a.m.daylight Feb to Nov; dawn Dec to Jan	Midday, 12:54 p.m.daylight	Tacoma, Olympia-Lacey
Mount St. Helens and the Cowlitz RiverFrom Centralia, Mount St. Helens is on the left; Winlock's giant egg is on the right; the Toutle River is crossed where it meets the Cowlitz, which runs on the right for the next ten miles.Watch for Mount St. Helens, Cowlitz River	Morning, 9:12 a.m.daylight	Midday, 11:52 a.m.daylight	Centralia, Kelso-Longview
Columbia RiverFrom Kelso the line follows the Columbia River, once the border between the U.S. and Canada, crossing the Cowlitz just above its confluence with the Columbia on the right.Watch for Columbia River	Morning, 9:50 a.m.daylight	Midday, 11:14 a.m.daylight	Kelso-Longview, Vancouver
Columbia and Willamette crossingsThe line crosses arms of the Columbia River and then the Willamette into Portland; entering Oregon, Mount Hood, tallest of Oregon's Cascades, is upriver on the left.Watch for Columbia River, Willamette River, Mount Hood	Morning, 10:22 a.m.daylight	Morning, 10:48 a.m.daylight	Vancouver, Portland
Willamette ValleySouth of Portland the line follows the Willamette Valley with the Cascades on the left and the Coast Range on the right, past the waterfalls and paper mills at Oregon City, the daffodils and tulips near Canby, and berry farms beyond Aurora; the valley holds farms, wineries, and timber.Watch for Oregon City falls, Willamette Valley farms	Midday, 11:44 a.m.daylight	Morning, 9:38 a.m.daylight	Portland, Oregon City, Salem
Three SistersBefore Eugene the snow-capped peaks of the Three Sisters are in the distance on the left.Watch for Three Sisters	Midday, 1:21 p.m.daylight	Morning, 8:04 a.m.daylight Feb to Nov; dawn Dec to Jan	Albany, Eugene

Computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (feed version 20261015, valid 2026-10-16 to 2026-10-22, fetched 2026-10-15) and sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month at the midpoint of each stretch. Scheduled times only; a late train moves evening stretches into darkness.How this table is computed.

Stations, in southbound order

Station	Arrives	Departs
Seattle		7:10 a.m.
Tukwila	7:23 a.m.	7:25 a.m.
Tacoma	7:57 a.m.	8:00 a.m.
Olympia-Lacey	8:31 a.m.	8:33 a.m.
Centralia	8:51 a.m.	8:53 a.m.
Kelso-Longview	9:32 a.m.	9:32 a.m.
Vancouver	10:09 a.m.	10:09 a.m.
Portland	10:35 a.m.	11:08 a.m.
Oregon City	11:33 a.m.	11:33 a.m.
Salem	12:20 p.m.	12:20 p.m.
Albany	12:55 p.m.	12:55 p.m.
Eugene	1:48 p.m.

All times Pacific time; "+1d" is the day after departure from Seattle.

Connects with

Route	Shared stations	Side by side
Coast Starlight	Portland, Vancouver, Kelso-Longview, Centralia and 6 more	Amtrak Cascades or Coast Starlight
Empire Builder	Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Edmonds and 1 more	Amtrak Cascades or Empire Builder

Routes that stop at a station this train stops at, from the same timetable. Transfer times are not checked.

Sources for this pageAmtrak GTFS timetable (feed, fetched 2026-10-15) · Amtrak Coast Starlight route guide (Amtrak, 2014; PDF mirrored at juckins.net), which describes the Seattle to Eugene line the Amtrak Cascades also runs (copy stored 2026-10-15)Named stretches and their descriptions are paraphrased from the sources above. Daylight, duration, and station times are computed from the timetable. Written description: pending review.This page does not sell tickets, show fares, or report delays.