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Amtrak Cascades > Destinations
> Route Map > Olympia/Lacey
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Learn about state government at
Washington's capitol. Visit the majestic capitol dome
building and listen to a bill being debated on the
legislative floor. The station was built through
volunteers’ hard work and donations and is still staffed
entirely by volunteers and rail buffs.
1. At the
Station
| Centennial Station: |
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6600 Yelm Highway SE
Olympia, WA 98513
360-923-4602 or
1-800-USA-RAIL
Get
a Map of the area from MapQuest!
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- No ticket agent
available
- Visit Ways to Buy a
Ticket for information at this station
- Quik-Trak Ticket
Machine available for purchases
- Hours: 8:15 a.m. -
11:45 a.m.; 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.; 5:30 pm -
8:10 pm
- Wheelchair accessible
| 2. Getting
Around
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- City Cab
360-705-8294
- DC Cab
360-786-5226
- Greyhound
360-357-5541
1-800-231-2222
- Laidlaw Transit
360-264-4948
- Intercity
Transit
360-786-1881
Outside Thurston County:
1-800-287-6348
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Intercity Transit Route 64
provides bus service between the Amtrak Station
and Downtown Olympia, serving the Lacey Transit
Center on the way. The bus trip to Downtown
Olympia is 42 minutes one-way. Buses leave the
station every hour for all trains except the 14
(Coast Starlight),
which arrives at 6:15 p.m.
Intercity Transit Route 94
provides hourly service between the Centennial
Station and Yelm, Monday through Saturday.
| 3. Local
Happenings
- Tour
the Capitol
Dome, completed in 1928 and standing 267 feet
above a bluff overlooking Capitol Lake, one of tallest
domed masonry buildings in the United States. Call 360-902-8880 for visitor information and tour times.
- Tour
the Washington
State Capitol Museum, adjacent to the capitol
grounds at 211 West 21st Street. "Hands-on" exploring
for those interested in the region's historic Native
American and early white settlements. Call
360-753-2580 for museum hours.
- Enjoy
mountains of purple beets, mounds of red-skinned
potatoes, sugary confections, pretty garden perennials
and whimsical wooden toys that wait for you at the
Olympia Farmers Market,
the second largest in the state.
- Enjoy
music at the Washington
Center for the Performing Arts, which hosts
the Olympia Symphony Orchestra and dozens of other
community theater, music, and dance groups. Many
national acts stop here, too.
4. Looking For
More Information?
Contact: Check out Visit Olympia at 877-704-7500 or the Lacey/Thurston County Chamber of Commerce at 360-491-4141.
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Photo Credit: S.Vento
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