We're making good progress! With your help, AAWA can continue to advocate for improved rail options throughout the state. Please donate now at aawa.us/support/

All Aboard Washington is busily planning our upcoming legislative efforts. Please help us make 2026 a success by donating generously at aawa.us/support/ Thank you, and safe travels!

Everyone at All Aboard Washington wishes you a very Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels! We hope you can join us for our annual meeting on December 13. And don't forget that our fundraiser is still underway. Please donate now! aawa.us/support/

AAWA has been following the issue of how tires are killing salmon since 2021 www.aawa.us/news/posts/s... and now there is some potential good news. westseattleblog.com/2025/11/foll...

Letter to the editor: "Invest in trains" www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...

The new train sets are almost halfway to the east coast for testing. AAWA's fundraiser is almost halfway to our goal. Who will get there first? Donate now at aawa.us/support/

Next stop: Philly! Our new train is on its way to the Northeast Corridor for additional testing—marking a major milestone on the path to launching our new trains on the Amtrak Cascades corridor in 2026. Our Amtrak friends tell us that it should bee arriving tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon.

You are invited to join us to create better rail connectivity throughout the region. How can we in the Greater Northwest be effective advocates for rail in 2026 and beyond? Friday, October 17 1:15 pm PT AORTA office (Portland Union Station, Room 253) and online allaboardnw.org/ran/

Looking to connect people? Mark Twain: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." Rail travel benefits the economy, environment, & equity, & is supported by liberals and conservatives. Donate to @aawa.us at www.aawa.us/support/ & @allaboardnw.org at allaboardnw.org/support/

Federal momentum for the Big Sky North Coast Corridor. U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (MT) has introduced S.2916, making it easier for long-distance passenger rail projects to advance in the Corridor ID program. www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/news/state/s...

You can still connect between Amtrak and transit in western Washington during the #WeekWithoutDriving. See the All Aboard Washington website at aawa.us/week-without... for details for 20 cities.

A rail advocate is anyone who wants to improve passenger rail and is willing to talk to other people including elected officials about jmproving passenger trains. Attend the Pacific Northwest Rail Summit, and learn how you can be a more effective passenger rail advocate. aawa.us/news/posts/r...

We urgently need to raise funds to pay for the cost of maintaining our communications and administrative infrastructure, dialogue with our legislators, and community organizing activities, all in the interest of promoting passenger rail as a means of better public transportation.

Imagine your life without driving. We are joining organizations across Washington State to celebrate the #WeekWithoutDriving! Will you be participating by #AmtrakCascades or #SounderRail ? Check out our guide to rail and transit connections at www.aawa.us/week-without... Post your stories!

The #WeekWithoutDriving starts tomorrow! Will you be participating by @AmtrakCascades.wsdot.gov or #SounderRail ? Check out the handy guide to rail and transit connectiions www.aawa.us/week-without... Post your stories!

@aawa.us is encouraging individuals and elected officials to spend the week from Sep 29 – Oct 5 without using cars. To help plan car-free trips, AAWA has created a website at aawa.us/week-without... detailing how to connect between local transit and 20 Amtrak and commuter rail stations.

'[AAWA''s Gary] Wirt…reviewed the history of passenger rail in WA, studies of regional and long-distance passenger rail demand and needs, and potential future funding.…Nearly all members of the public…agreed with Wirt and asked for passenger rail to be part of CAWG’s considerations." arr.as/cawg

Join us in Portland October 15-17 for the Pacific Northwest Rail Summit, where passenger and freight rail leaders and elected officials will discuss opportunities to improve the shared rail system that spans the Greater Northwest. Details at nwsummit.org. Register now to attend in person or online.

@aawa.us is pleased to participate in the #WeekWithoutDriving this year. We'll shortly be posting some suggestions about how you can make connections between 21 Washington state passenger rail stations and local transit. Stay tuned!

Join us next Saturday, August 9, at noon! All Aboard Washington will be having our annual picnic in Lacey! We need to get an accurate count, so please register online for the event at www.aawa.us/events/aawa-... no later than Monday, August 4, at 9 pm PT.

The first Siemens Airo loco has left the factory in Sacramento. Next stop is testing in Pueblo, followed by testing on the NEC, then service on the Cascades.

With your help, AAWA had another successful matching fundraiser. Please continue to donate at www.aawa.us/support/ and keep us on track!

"The US transportation system has all the balance of a two-legged stool. Adding passenger rail doesn't just add an option, it adds stability" @lakeshorerail.bsky.social

This is the final day for your donation to AAWA to be matched. Donate now! www.aawa.us/support/

AAWA and other nw rail advocates participated in a briefing from Abe Zumwalt of David Evans and Assoc. on June 27 to discuss the work they are doing on behalf of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority regarding their Corridor ID work for the Big Sky North Coast Corridor. www.aawa.us/news/posts/b...

The collapse of a progressive transportation package in Oregon (and the very mediocre package that passed in WA) suggests to me that Democrats need to come up with a coherent transportation policy consensus beyond "do everything."

South Dakota passenger rail advocates launch “Train Trek” presentations www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/06/24/s...

Reminder: The deadline for the AAWA matching fundraiser and our call for videos is next Monday, June 30. Please respond now! aawa.us/news/posts/r...

New Amtrak Cascades trains arrive in 2026 amtrakcascades.com/about/new-am...

AAWA News, June 2025 www.aawa.us/news/posts/a...

Amtrak Advances Major Construction to Upgrade Seattle Rail Yard media.amtrak.com/2025/05/amtr...

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... Hendrik de Kock, a nondriver from Seattle who grew up in New York City riding transit, showed up Saturday with friends to try the new stations.

Amtrak returns Talgo set to Cascades service www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...

Seattle’s $300M Amtrak expansion to bring modern trains, transportation by 2027 www.kiro7.com/news/local/s...

The AAWA board met over the weekend to plan upcoming advocacy and social events. Stay tuned for more! And thanks, Harvey, for hosting us.

It's been a pleasure to work with AORTA and the Oregon Rail Caucus on SB 1202 and other passenger rail related legislation.

Amtrak Cascades resumes all trips this weekend aawa.us/news/posts/a...

Starting on Tuesday, April 1, Amtrak will restore one daily roundtrip between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia with the 8:30am northbound trip (Train Number 516) and 4:45pm southbound trip (Train Number 519) using Amfleet I rail cars. www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/31/a...

For now, round-trip train service via Amtrak Cascades is down to just one train set in the Pacific Northwest…The one train will depart from Seattle to Eugene during mornings (train #503) and return north to Seattle in the afternoon and evening (train #508). www.oregonlive.com/travel/2025/...

"Equipment is coming that should ease the loss [of the Horizons]. Five Amfleet cars en route to the Northwest were being deadheaded in front of the regular consist of the westbound Empire Builder that departed from Chicago today (March 29, 2025)." www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...

Amtrak Cascades trains continue to br replaced with buses "until further notice" with no business class. www.amtrak.com/alert/amtrak...

CRA is right. We no longer have any spare equipment to speak of, and we won't see new equipment for at least a year.

AAWA's Op-Ed has been posted in The Urbanist. www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/24/o...

Caught in the middle, this US oddity at the border is grappling with Trump’s trade war with Canada apnews.com/article/poin...

"Amtrak maintenance issues that caused cancellation of Sounder commuter service spilled over into Cascades intercity departures, with buses substituting for Seattle-Eugene, Ore., service because of a shortage of serviceable equipment." www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...

Gardner’s Ouster Makes Grassroots’ Task More Urgent www.narprail.org/happening-no... @railpassengers.org

Longtime AAWA supporter Ralph Munro passed away today. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

AAWA News, March 19, 2025: AAWA Advocates Support ESHB 1837 and Other Improvements to Intercity Passenger Rail, Changes at Amtrak, Join Our Forum, Donations Needed aawa.us/news/posts/a...

Now, on to the state Senat. www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/14/s...

CALL TO ACTION - HB 1837 mailchi.mp/d5eb8aa6083a...