Edmonds station (Washington)

Edmonds station is located on a single-tracked segment of the BNSF Scenic Subdivision on Railroad Avenue in downtown Edmonds, adjacent to the Edmonds ferry terminal.{{cite book |date=September 1999 |title=Options Analysis for Addition of Second Track at Mukilteo and Edmonds: Final Report |page=3{{hyphen}}10 |publisher=Sound Transit |oclc=881195100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izI3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA415 |via=Google Books |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/https://books.google.com/books?id=izI3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA415 |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }} It has a single, {{convert|1,200|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} side platform on the east side of the tracks,{{cite web |date=February 4, 2010 |title=Sound Transit Motion No. M2010-23 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2010/Motion_M2010-23.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2010/Motion_M2010-23.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }} running from Dayton Street to Main Street and paved with asphalt;{{cite news |date=January 3, 1957 |title=Great Northern To Dedicate New Local Station Monday |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}{{cite web |date=February 2006 |title=Washington State Long-Range Plan for Amtrak Cascades |page=4{{hyphen}}13 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/AE671CC5-6633-4BF2-9041-FB328ADB1F31/0/LongRangePlanforAmtrakCascades.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222122629/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/AE671CC5-6633-4BF2-9041-FB328ADB1F31/0/LongRangePlanforAmtrakCascades.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2017 }} the southern half of the platform, measuring {{convert|520|ft|m}}, has ticket vending machines, bicycle lockers, and passenger waiting shelters.{{cite news |last=Halpert |first=Oscar |date=January 15, 2010 |title=Rail station renovation could help Edmonds downtown bottleneck |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/rail-station-renovation-could-help-edmonds-downtown-bottleneck/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/rail-station-renovation-could-help-edmonds-downtown-bottleneck/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }}{{cite web |author=KPFF Consulting Engineers |date=January 27, 2010 |title=Edmonds Station: Overall Site Plan |url=http://projects.soundtransit.org/Documents/pdf/projects/commuterrail/Edmonds_SitePlan.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827105424/http://projects.soundtransit.org/Documents/pdf/projects/commuterrail/Edmonds_SitePlan.pdf |archive-date=August 27, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2018}} The Amtrak building is located south of James Street and includes a staffed ticket office, waiting room, vending machines, and restrooms.{{cite web |title=Edmonds, Washington (EDM) |url=https://www.amtrak.com/stations/edm.html |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040810183456/http://www.amtrak.com/stations/edm.html |archive-date=August 10, 2004 }} The building was designed with Modernist elements, including clean lines in the exterior brick walls laid in a stacked bond and large floor-to-ceiling windows. The south end of the station building includes a freight room with a garage and a former baggage room that was occupied by a model railroad exhibit.{{cite web |title=Edmonds, WA (EDM) |url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/edmonds-wa-edm/ |work=Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923052442/http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/edmonds-wa-edm/ |archive-date=September 23, 2017 }} The model railroad, run by the Swamp Creek and Western Railroad Association, was at the station until 2022 and moved to Everett Station the following year.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=July 1, 2004 |title=It's a small world: Model-railroad hobbyists gearing up for the national convention in Seattle |page=C1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/living/2001969264_trains01.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923081313/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/living/2001969264_trains01.html |archive-date=September 23, 2016 }}{{cite news |last=Watanabe |first=Ben |date=May 23, 2023 |title=Model railroad club moving into Everett Station |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/model-railroad-club-moving-into-everett-station/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 23, 2023}}

At the north end of the station platform is a transit center used by Community Transit buses. It contains Standing Wave, a {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=mid}} bronze-and-patina sculpture by Gerard Tsutakawa resembling a series of waves, installed as part of Sound Transit's art program.{{cite web |title=Standing Wave |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/public-art/standing-wave.html |publisher=Edmonds Arts Commission |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/http://www.edmondswa.gov/public-art/standing-wave.html |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }}{{cite web |title=Edmonds Station – Public Art |url=http://soundtransit.org/Projects-Home/STart-Public-Art-Program/Public-Art-Projects/Edmonds.xml |url-status=dead |publisher=Sound Transit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612223609/http://soundtransit.org/Projects-Home/STart-Public-Art-Program/Public-Art-Projects/Edmonds.xml |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2018}} To the west of the transit center is the Washington State Ferries terminal, which is adjacent to Brackett's Landing Park and the city's downtown commercial district.{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=October 19, 2012 |title=Lack of funding obstacle to improving train crossings |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/lack-of-funding-obstacle-to-improving-train-crossings/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/lack-of-funding-obstacle-to-improving-train-crossings/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }}{{cite map |date=October 2011 |title=City of Edmonds, Washington |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Administrative_Services/Information_Services/GIS/maps/city_of_edmonds.pdf |publisher=City of Edmonds |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223145033/http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Administrative_Services/Information_Services/GIS/maps/city_of_edmonds.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2016 }} Edmonds station has 259 parking spaces for Amtrak and Sound Transit passengers, including leased spaces from the nearby Salish Crossing shopping mall—home to the Cascadia Art Museum and several businesses.{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=December 18, 2012 |title=New Sounder parking spots in Edmonds slow to fill |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-sounder-parking-spots-in-edmonds-slow-to-fill/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-sounder-parking-spots-in-edmonds-slow-to-fill/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }}{{cite news |last=Vogel |first=Larry |date=January 10, 2018 |title=Commuters' cars towed away as Salish Crossing ramps up parking enforcement |url=http://myedmondsnews.com/2018/01/commuters-cars-towed-away-salish-crossing-ramps-parking-enforcement/ |publisher=MyEdmondsNews.com |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306185812/http://myedmondsnews.com/2018/01/commuters-cars-towed-away-salish-crossing-ramps-parking-enforcement/ |archive-date=March 6, 2018 }}

Edmonds was founded in 1876 and received its first railroad in 1891, constructed by the Seattle and Montana Railroad between Seattle and British Columbia.{{cite web |last=Prasse |first=Kraen |date=September 13, 2008 |title=Railroad between Seattle and British Columbia is completed near Stanwood on October 12, 1891. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/8688 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110005010/http://www.historylink.org/File/8688 |archive-date=January 10, 2018 }} The Great Northern Railway later acquired the railroad and completed its transcontinental route to Seattle in 1893, bringing long-distance passenger service to Edmonds.{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Alan J. |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Great Northern passenger train begins first transcontinental trip from Seattle on June 18, 1893. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/776 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110005341/http://www.historylink.org/File/776 |archive-date=January 10, 2018 }} The original station was located on the west side of the tracks away from downtown and derided as inaccessible and undersized for the growing city.{{cite book |last1=McGibbon DuBois |first1=Sara |last2=DuBois |first2=Ray E. |year=2014 |title=Edmonds, 1850s–1950s |series=Images of America |page=89 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-1-4671-3204-6 |oclc=889525063 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6etBQAAQBAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/https://books.google.com/books?id=T6etBQAAQBAJ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }}{{cite news |date=May 8, 1909 |title=State Railway Commission Visits Edmonds |page=1 |work=The Edmonds Review}} A formal investigation of stations across Snohomish County by the Washington State Railroad Commission in 1909 led to a court order for Great Northern to improve their depots, including a modernized facility for Edmonds at James Street, which the railroad resisted in their failed appeal to the state court.{{cite news |date=August 25, 1909 |title=Appeal Taken from Railroad Commission |page=5 |work=The Seattle Times}} Great Northern later agreed to build the new depot after further consultation with Edmonds city leaders over its location and amenities.{{cite news |date=May 22, 1909 |title=Great Northern Co. Making Improvements in Edmonds |page=1 |work=The Edmonds Review}}{{cite news |date=August 14, 1909 |title=State Railroad Commission Still After Depot For Edmonds |page=1 |work=The Edmonds Review}} Later visits by the commission attracted crowds of up to a hundred citizens,{{cite news |date=October 9, 1909 |title=Visit of the State Railway Commission |page=1 |work=The Edmonds Tribune}} and the city agreed to a right of way franchise with Great Northern for the new depot in January 1910.{{cite news |date=January 22, 1910 |title=City Council and State Railroad Commission stand pat on Great Northern Depot location |page=1 |work=The Edmonds Review}}{{cite book |date=December 1910 |title=Fifth Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Washington |pages=130–131 |publisher=E. L. Boardman |location=Olympia, Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjw3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA130 |via=Google Books |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/https://books.google.com/books?id=qjw3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA130 |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }} The railroad and city continued to argue over the proposed depot's distance from James Street until the chamber of commerce intervened and requested a compromise be reached.{{cite news |date=June 23, 1910 |title=Present Status of Depot Scrap |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}{{cite news |date=August 4, 1910 |title='Unalterably' is Altered: Chamber of Commerce Swings in Line with Demand for Depot Without Delay |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}

The new Edmonds depot opened in November 1910,{{cite book |last=Cloud |first=Ray V. |year=1953 |title=Edmonds, the Gem of Puget Sound |page=38 |publisher=Edmonds Tribune-Review Press |oclc=26225475}} constructed with clapboard sidings and had a wooden platform that was connected to street level by a series of ramps, which were later decorated with railroad knick-knacks.{{cite news |last=Botnen |first=Marie |date=May 5, 1971 |title=Passenger train era ends in Edmonds |page=1 |work=The Enterprise |location=Lynnwood, Washington}} It was initially served by eight daily passenger trains: limited transcontinental trains and local service to Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite news |date=March 8, 1956 |title=Railway Executive Raps Transportation Tax |page=40 |work=The Seattle Times}} Freight services from the new depot also accepted shipments from the Olympic Peninsula, delivered by boat from various shingle mills.{{cite journal |date=May 23, 1914 |title=Railroads Win Shingle Case |journal=The Traffic World |volume=XIII |issue=21 |page=1057 |publisher=The Traffic Service Bureau |location=Washington, D.C. |oclc=4563352 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84dHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1057 |via=Google Books |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/https://books.google.com/books?id=84dHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1057 |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }} By the late 1950s, Great Northern's declining passenger service left Edmonds with only one daily train: the Cascadian from Seattle to Spokane.{{cite news |date=December 20, 1956 |title=Railroad Station That Served Edmonds Since 90's Is Pulled Down Into Heap of Rubble |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}

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In March 1956, Great Northern announced plans to build a modern station in Edmonds to serve the suburban areas north of Seattle, at a cost of $185,000.{{cite news |date=March 8, 1956 |title=GN To Build New Suburban Station Here |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}{{cite news |last=Heilman |first=Robert |date=June 30, 1956 |title=Edmonds is just Edmonds—and residents like it |page=9 |work=The Seattle Times}} The new station would include a 175-stall parking lot, a blacktop platform, and a streamlined waiting room with contemporary design elements. Construction of the new station building began in May 1956 and was substantially complete by the end of November.{{cite news |date=May 31, 1956 |title=Work Starts on New GN Depot |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}{{cite news |date=November 29, 1956 |title=Great Northern Nears Finish Of Big Station Project Here |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}} The former depot was demolished on December 18, 1956, and the near-complete station was put into service by the end of the month.{{cite news |date=December 27, 1956 |title=Old GN Station Ends Long Service |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}} It was dedicated on January 2, 1957,{{cite news |date=January 2, 1957 |title=Modern Station |page=10 |work=The Seattle Times}} and the first transcontinental Empire Builder train to stop at Edmonds arrived on January 7, greeted by a crowd of 1,000 residents and civic leaders from across the region, including Secretary of State Earl Coe.{{cite news |date=January 8, 1957 |title=First Stop |page=12 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |date=January 10, 1957 |title=Great Northern Passengers Quick To Use New Station Here |page=1 |work=Edmonds Tribune-Review}}

In March 1970, Great Northern was merged with three other major railroads into the Burlington Northern Railroad, which continued to operate passenger service for one year.{{cite news |last=Barr |first=Robert A. |date=March 1, 1970 |title=Biggest U.S. Rail Network Rolls Into Action Tuesday |page=B9 |work=The Seattle Times}} In November, the federal government established Railpax (later Amtrak) to consolidate unprofitable transcontinental passenger services previously operated by competing railroads.{{cite news |last=Barr |first=Robert A. |date=November 29, 1970 |title=Passenger-train service may be cut in half |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}} The six passenger trains serving Edmonds were eliminated or rerouted elsewhere under the Railpax plan; the final Empire Builder train departed from Edmonds on the afternoon of April 30, 1971. The station remained open as a Burlington Northern freight stop and maintained by the railroad in hopes of restored passenger service.{{cite news |last=Botnen |first=Marie |date=March 31, 1971 |title=Passenger train service at Edmonds to end May 1 |page=2 |work=The Enterprise |location=Lynnwood, Washington}} Passenger trains to Edmonds station returned a year later on July 17, 1972, with the restored Pacific International between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite news |date=June 30, 1972 |title=Amtrak will restore service to B.C. |page=A14 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |date=July 5, 1972 |title=Passenger trains set for Edmonds |page=1 |work=The Enterprise |location=Lynnwood, Washington}} Transcontinental service to Edmonds returned on June 13, 1973, via an extension of the North Coast Hiawatha over Stevens Pass,{{cite news |date=May 11, 1973 |title=Wenatchee Amtrak run to start June 13 |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}} and was supplemented by the rerouted Empire Builder in 1981.{{cite news |date=October 26, 1981 |title=Seattle-Spokane Amtrak route returns |page=C2 |work=The Seattle Times}} Amtrak cancelled the North Coast Hiawatha in 1979 and Pacific International in 1981 due to poor patronage and ticket sales, leaving Edmonds with only two daily train departures.{{cite news |date=October 8, 1979 |title=Amtrak cuts OK; Hiawatha is no more |page=A10 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Larsen |first=Richard W. |date=August 27, 1981 |title=Northwest fares well in Amtrak cuts, route changes |page=B2 |work=The Seattle Times}} Edmonds was slated to lose its ticketing office and baggage claim in 1983 as part of national cuts to stations with low ridership, but was spared by Amtrak because of an increase in ticket revenue.{{cite news |last=Woodroffe |first=Pamela J. |date=July 20, 1983 |title=Edmonds train service: Cutbacks may be just around the bend |page=2 |work=The Enterprise |location=Edmonds, Washington}}{{cite news |date=August 31, 1983 |title=Edmonds station gets reprieve |page=1 |work=The Enterprise |location=Edmonds, Washington}}

The Seattle–Vancouver corridor was designated as a priority high-speed rail corridor by the United States Department of Transportation in 1992.{{cite news |last=Knutson |first=Lawrence L. |date=October 29, 1992 |title=Five rail corridors may ease traffic congestion |page=C3 |agency=Associated Press |work=The Seattle Times}} Reinstatement of passenger rail service to Vancouver was supported by Congressman Al Swift, who lobbied for its inclusion in the national transportation budget, along with a contribution from Washington state.{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Kristin |date=October 24, 1993 |title=Seattle to Vancouver: Getting back on track? |page=L1 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Ledgard |first=Laurie |date=March 22, 1992 |title=A resurrected rail link to Vancouver, B.C.? |page=B6 |work=The Seattle Times}} The reinstated service would require raised speed limits through Edmonds, which was opposed by residents and the city council in a dispute that began in the late 1980s.{{cite news |last=Margolis |first=Kimberly |date=September 7, 1989 |title=How fast is an unsafe speed? Amtrak, city at odds over train limits |page=D3 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Lobos |first=Ignacio |date=November 2, 1993 |title=Faster train speeds derailed; Edmonds council rejects resolution, supports residents |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}} The raised speed limits were approved by an administrative law judge, against the city's wishes, and new fences were slated to be built along the railroad using city permits. The permits remained unapproved in early May 1995, only weeks before service was scheduled to begin, and Amtrak threatened to skip Edmonds station until they were issued.{{cite news |last1=Schaefer |first1=David |last2=Wurzer |first2=Wayne |date=May 9, 1995 |title=Amtrak run might bypass Edmonds |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Wurzer |first=Wayne |date=May 10, 1995 |title=Edmonds confident rail-line dispute will be resolved |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}} An agreement was signed by Amtrak and Edmonds, allowing for trains on the Mount Baker International to use the station beginning May 25, 1995.{{cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=May 25, 1995 |title=Amtrak launches Vancouver route |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=May 24, 1995 |title=A fast-selling fare: Rolling again from Seattle to Vancouver and back |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}} The train was later folded into the Amtrak Cascades brand introduced in January 1999.{{cite news |last=Bailey |first=Mike |date=January 15, 1999 |title=No more clickety-clack: Fast track for Amtrak |page=E1 |work=The Columbian}}

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In conjunction with the Amtrak Cascades program, the city's government proposed the development of a multimodal center for Amtrak, commuter rail, buses, and ferries to replace separate facilities in downtown Edmonds.{{cite news |date=April 28, 1993 |title=Committee OKs multimodal transportation center site |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}} The multimodal project, named "Edmonds Crossing", was evaluated in the 1990s and a preferred location on part of a disused Unocal fuel terminal at Point Edwards, to the southwest of downtown, was chosen in 1998.{{cite news |last=Lobos |first=Ignacio |date=April 26, 1995 |title=Environmental study first step in transportation-hub plans |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}} The multimodal hub would include a rail station with 570 parking spaces shared with ferry users, as well as a bus terminal.{{cite news |last=Zoll |first=Adam |date=April 1, 1998 |title=Ferry plan crosses milestone |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}

The Edmonds Crossing plan included provisions for an interim commuter rail station in downtown Edmonds, to be built by the new regional transit authority (later renamed Sound Transit). The transit authority ran a pilot commuter rail service to Seattle in early 1995, stopping at Everett and Edmonds, to promote a $6.7 billion transit plan that would be placed on a regional ballot measure in March.{{cite news |last=Schaefer |first=David |date=January 31, 1995 |title=New train picks up steam |page=B3 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950131/2102318/new-train-picks-up-steam----experimental-commuter-rail-service-gains-passengers-with-every-run |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052553/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950131&slug=2102318 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 }} The ballot measure was rejected by voters, but a $3.9 billion plan was approved in the November 1996 election, including a commuter rail line from Everett to Seattle and $6 million in funding for an Edmonds station on the line.{{cite news |last=Schaefer |first=David |date=November 7, 1996 |title=Transit plan can trace surprise success to suburbs |page=B1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19961107/2358432/transit-plan-can-trace-surprise-success-to-suburbs----new-support-found-on-eastside-in-snohomish-county |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105235304/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19961107&slug=2358432 |archive-date=January 5, 2017 }}{{cite book |date=May 31, 1996 |title=Sound Move: The Ten-Year Regional Transit System Plan |chapter=Appendix A: Detailed description of facilities and costs |page=A-3 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/news/reports/soundmove/199605_soundmove_appendixa_facilitiesandcost.pdf |publisher=Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001081945/http://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/news/reports/soundmove/199605_soundmove_appendixa_facilitiesandcost.pdf |archive-date=October 1, 2015 }} The Amtrak station was selected by Sound Transit as the site of the interim station in 2000 and the city government approved a fifteen-year plan for the interim station in 2002.{{cite web |date=June 4, 2009 |title=Sound Transit Motion No. M2009-46 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2009/Motion_M2009-46.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323044255/https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2009/Motion_M2009-46.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2018 }} The commuter rail line was originally scheduled to begin service in 2001,{{cite news |last=Wiliams |first=Mina |date=January 14, 2010 |title=Rail station gets green light |work=The Enterprise |location=Lynnwood, Washington |url=http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20100114/ETP03/701209995&template=ETPart |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117103418/http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20100114/ETP03/701209995%26template%3DETPart |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2018 }} but was delayed due to negotiations with the Federal Transit Administration and BNSF Railway, the successor to Burlington Northern.{{cite web |date=February 14, 2004 |title=Sound Transit Motion No. M2004-13 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2004/m2004-13.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155149/https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2004/m2004-13.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=March 22, 2018 }} The interim station in Edmonds included an extended platform and new parking lot on the south side of the Amtrak facility, both located on property acquired from BNSF.{{cite web |date=September 25, 2003 |title=Sound Transit Resolution No. R2003-17 Staff Report |pages=4–5 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/resolutions/2003/r2003-17.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155521/https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/resolutions/2003/r2003-17.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=March 22, 2018 }} Sounder commuter rail service from Everett and Edmonds began on December 21, 2003.{{cite news |last=Tuinstra |first=Rachel |date=December 22, 2003 |title=Sounder train opens Everett-Seattle route |page=B1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2001820695_sounder22m0.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 22, 2018}}

The final environmental impact statement for the Edmonds Crossing project was published in 2004 and received a Record of Decision the following year, but lacked a funding source.{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=August 19, 2002 |title=Edmonds transit center might get regional help |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}{{cite web |date=July 2005 |title=Record of Decision for State Route 104, Edmonds Crossing |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Community_Services/EdmondsCrossing/FinalEdmondsROD_issued071805400x_3.pdf |publisher=United States Department of Transportation |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227200013/http://edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Community_Services/EdmondsCrossing/FinalEdmondsROD_issued071805400x_3.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 }} Jurisdiction of the $171 million project was transferred to Washington State Ferries in 2007,{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=July 13, 2011 |title=Edmonds' remodeled train station has new shelters and bigger platforms |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110713/NEWS01/707139870 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055912/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110713/NEWS01/707139870 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Pesznecker |first=Scott |date=July 29, 2007 |title=State takes over Edmonds ferry terminal plan |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/state-takes-over-edmonds-ferry-terminal-plan/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018}} but the ferry system instead prioritized repair and replacement of vessels over capital projects, and announced in 2009 that the Edmonds Crossing project would be left unfunded for a 20-year period.{{cite news |last=Fyall |first=Chris |date=June 7, 2009 |title=Edmonds commuter rail station closer to reality |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-commuter-rail-station-closer-to-reality/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018}} Funding for the permanent Edmonds station had been approved in the Sound Transit 2 passed by voters in 2008 and was scheduled to begin construction in the summer of 2009.{{cite web |date=March 3, 2009 |title=Edmonds City Council Draft Minutes, February 24, 2009 |page=8 |url=https://edmondswa.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=1262&Inline=True |publisher=City of Edmonds |access-date=March 22, 2018}} In response to the cancellation of the Edmonds Crossing project, the Edmonds City Council requested the expedited design and construction of a permanent Sounder station.

Construction of the permanent Sounder station began in July 2010, following agreements signed by Sound Transit and the city government, and a formal groundbreaking was held in August.{{cite news |date=January 27, 2011 |title=Sound Transit Motion No. M2011-06 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2011/Motion_M2011-06.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155506/https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2011/Motion_M2011-06.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=March 22, 2018 }}{{cite press release |author= |date=August 18, 2010 |title=Sound Transit begins construction on Edmonds Station upgrades |url=http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/News-and-events/News-releases/News-release-archive/Edmonds-Groundbreaking |publisher=Sound Transit |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052952/http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/News-and-events/News-releases/News-release-archive/Edmonds-Groundbreaking |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }} The $12.9 million project included the construction of a new platform, four passenger waiting shelters, a new transit center, improved lighting, and repaving of the parking lots. The new platform was opened on July 9, 2011,{{cite news |date=July 8, 2011 |title=Remodeled Edmonds Station opens Friday |page=B3 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015541755_edmondsstation08.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 22, 2018}} and was followed by the opening of the transit center in October.{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=September 27, 2011 |title=Edmonds train station gets Community Transit platform |page=C6 |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-train-station-gets-community-transit-platform/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=March 22, 2018}} As part of the project, the number of parking spaces for commuter rail users was reduced from 200 to 161.{{cite web |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Sound Transit Motion No. M2012-84 |url=https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2012/Motion_M2012-84.pdf |publisher=Sound Transit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323220021/https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/about/board/motions/2012/Motion_M2012-84.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=March 22, 2018 }} An additional 53 parking spaces were opened for Sounder passengers in November 2012, leased from the private Waterfront Antique Mall while another lot with 103 spaces was built and leased to Sound Transit. Future plans call for double tracking of the railroad through Edmonds and a second platform at Edmonds station, located to the west along Railroad Avenue.

Edmonds station is served by six daily Amtrak trains: four Cascades runs between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia (with two continuing south to Portland, Oregon),{{cite web |date=January 2018 |title=Amtrak Cascades timetable |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Amtrak-Cascades-Schedule-010218.pdf |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218222816/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Amtrak-Cascades-Schedule-010218.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2018 }} and two transcontinental Empire Builder runs between Seattle and Chicago.{{cite web |date=December 6, 2016 |title=City of Edmonds Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Element |pages=290–296 |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Development_Services/Planning_Division/Plans/Comp_plan.pdf |publisher=City of Edmonds |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312144621/http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Departments/Development_Services/Planning_Division/Plans/Comp_plan.pdf |archive-date=March 12, 2018 }} The station is also served by the N Line of Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail service on weekdays, running four trains in peak direction towards King Street Station in Seattle during the morning commute and four trains from Seattle during the evening commute. Sounder trains also run on select weekends during special events.

The station also serves as the terminus of four Community Transit routes, including all-day local routes to nearby areas in Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, and Shoreline.{{cite web |title=Make Connections at the Edmonds Waterfront |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/busservice/destinations/edmonds-waterfront |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=March 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155901/https://www.communitytransit.org/busservice/destinations/edmonds-waterfront |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |url-status=dead }} An express route connects Edmonds station to Mountlake Terrace station on the 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system.{{cite map |date=September 2024 |title=Community Transit System Map |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/mappdfs/systemmappdfs/mapsystem.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=November 8, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Spain |first=Monica |date=September 11, 2024 |title=New routes and easy connections start Sept. 14 |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/news-and-events/article-detail/2024/09/11/it's-almost-time!-new-routes-and-easy-connections-start-sept.-14 |accessdate=November 8, 2024}} The Edmonds–Kingston ferry connects Edmonds to the Kitsap Peninsula and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete a crossing of Puget Sound.{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Cindy |date=May 29, 2005 |title=Neighborhood of the week: Folksy Kingston faces change |page=E2 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/neighborhood-of-the-week-folksy-kingston-faces-change/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 22, 2018}} Daily intercity bus service at Edmonds station is provided by the Dungeness Line, a Travel Washington bus route connecting the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas to Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.{{cite web |title=Edmonds – Drop-off Only |url=http://olympicbuslines.com/edmonds-drop-off-only/ |date=April 5, 2014 |publisher=Olympic Bus Lines |access-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112062155/http://olympicbuslines.com/edmonds-drop-off-only/ |archive-date=November 12, 2016}}{{cite news |date=March 18, 2014 |title=Getting from point A to point B |url=http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/getting-from-point-a-to-point-b/ |work=Sequim Gazette |access-date=March 22, 2018}}

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