One of many Most Scenic Amtrak Routes within the U.S. Is Getting a New Look—What to Know

Probably the most stunning prepare rides in America is getting a significant improve. 

The famed Amtrak Cascades service, which operates all through the Northwest hall with stops together with Seattle and Vancouver, lately revealed the primary have a look at its brand-new prepare vehicles and interiors. From the entrance of the engine to the final passenger automobile, every thing has been reimagined from the bottom up.

“With panoramic home windows and extra desk seating, prospects can take pleasure in a few of the finest views and hook up with a few of the most scenic landscapes on this planet,” the Amtrak Cascades web site shares concerning the coming upgrades. 

Amtrak introduced that the refreshed prepare will hit the tracks in 2026, although a selected launch date was not disclosed.

Amtrak is retaining the prevailing inexperienced and maroon colour scheme and pictures of native landmarks on the prepare’s livery. The prepare could have particular graphics of each Mount Rainier and Mount Hood, each of which the prepare passes on its journey.

Every prepare automobile can be fully model new, together with a redesigned café automobile with a menu that includes native flavors and bites. Amtrak additionally launched dozens of photographs of the trains beneath development within the Might 29 replace. The almost completed vehicles characteristic a refreshing colour scheme, hardwood tables, plush seating, and recent carpeting. 

Along with the brand new trains being extra comfy, Amtrak says it’ll even be extra gas environment friendly, contribute much less air air pollution, and be extraordinarily environmentally pleasant. It’s calling the brand new trains the “subsequent era of prepare journey.”

The route was listed as one of the crucial scenic prepare routes in America by Go to USA Parks, as a result of number of landscapes and mountains. “The entire trip was so stunning and enjoyable,” one traveler shared about their current journey on the Amtrak Cascades in a social media put up. 

Whereas vacationers should look forward to the brand new trains till 2026, tickets for present trains on the Cascade line are nonetheless out there on Amtrak’s web site. The prepare makes 18 stops, with main locations together with Bellingham, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Seattle; and Vancouver, British Columbia.