Service AlertBus service only on most Amtrak Cascades routes

SERVICE ALERT: Bus service only on most Amtrak Cascades routes following Amtrak's decision to pull all Horizon trainsets

Amtrak has determined its fleet of Horizon trainsets will immediately be taken out of service, due to identified concerns with this aging equipment. A total of 70 passenger cars across the country are affected, including 26 cars on the Amtrak Cascades route.

This leaves just one non-Horizon trainset in service on Amtrak Cascades. This affects nearly all trips on Amtrak Cascades daily service to 18 stations between Vancouver, British Columbia and Eugene, Oregon. In the short-term, buses have been secured through at least March 30 to transport passengers to their destinations. The only trips that will be served by the one remaining non-Horizon train are #503 and #508 traveling daily between Seattle and Eugene.

Amtrak is determining how to replace the grounded Horizon trains by redistributing other trains in its national fleet. Amtrak will notify the states of Washington and Oregon as soon as a plan is in place to move replacement trains to the Pacific Northwest.

We will update you as soon as we know the duration of this disruption and what the plan is for acquiring replacement trains.