RCW 47.82.030: Service extension.

(1) The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall coordinate as appropriate with designated metropolitan and provincial transportation organizations to pursue resumption of Amtrak service from Seattle to Vancouver, British Columbia, via Everett, Mount Vernon, and Bellingham.

(2) The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall study potential Amtrak service on the following routes:

(a) Daytime Spokane-Wenatchee-Everett-Seattle service;

(b) Daytime Spokane-Tri-Cities-Vancouver-Portland service;

(c) Tri-Cities-Yakima-Ellensburg-Seattle service, if the Stampede Pass route is reopened; and

(d) More frequent Portland-Vancouver-Kelso-Centralia-Olympia-Tacoma-Seattle service or increments thereof.