Fairhaven Station
Bellingham, WA
Fairhaven Station platform
General information
Location401 Harris Avenue
Bellingham, Washington[1]
United States
Coordinates48°43′14″N 122°30′40″W / 48.7205°N 122.5111°W / 48.7205; -122.5111
Owned byPort of Bellingham
Line(s)BNSF Bellingham Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes; paid
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: BEL
History
Opened1995
Passengers
FY 2022Service suspended due to COVID-19[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Mount Vernon
toward Eugene
 Amtrak Cascades Vancouver, British Columbia
Terminus
Location
Fairhaven Station Bellingham, WA is located in Washington (state)
Fairhaven Station Bellingham, WA
Fairhaven Station
Bellingham, WA
Location in Washington
Fairhaven Station Bellingham, WA is located in the United States
Fairhaven Station Bellingham, WA
Fairhaven Station
Bellingham, WA
Location in the United States

Fairhaven Station, also called Bellingham, is a train station serving Amtrak's Cascades route, as well as a bus station serving Greyhound Lines and local Whatcom Transportation Authority buses, in Bellingham, Washington, United States.[3] Built in 1995, the station is located near the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, the southern connection for the Alaska Marine Highway.[4][5] Water Taxi services and seasonal whale watching excursions also provide connections from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal to the San Juan Islands.[6]

Fairhaven Station is owned by the Port of Bellingham and is the last northbound stop in the United States on the Amtrak Cascades route before it enters Canada. (Passengers clear Canadian customs in Vancouver, so northbound trains do not stop at the border.)


Bellingham is also the northernmost Amtrak station in the contiguous U.S.

Boardings and alightings

Year 2011[7] 2012[8] 2013[9] 2014[10] 2015[11] 2016[12] 2017[13]
Total 59,490 64,091 55,325 54,888 51,915 50,896 51,219
YOY Difference - 4,601 -8,766 -437 -2,973 -1,019 323
YOY Difference % - 7.73% -13.68% -0.79% -5.42% -1.96% 0.63%

References

  1. ^ "Bellingham, WA (BEL)". Amtrak. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Train". Port of Bellingham. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  4. ^ Fairhaven Station (Plaque outside train station). Fairhaven Station: Port of Bellingham. July 21, 1995.
  5. ^ "BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON (BEL)". TrainWeb. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  6. ^ "Alaska Marine Highway". Port of Bellingham. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  7. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2011: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  8. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2015: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  12. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2016, State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  13. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

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