By train from Canada to the USA

Goodbye Vancouver.

With the 'Amtrak / Cascade' train, we cross the border back into the United States.

The Amtrak to and from Vancouver only runs until Seattle. All the stops are in the USA, as it is a purely US train. Plus, the border is only about 65 km from downtown Vancouver.

If you only want to travel by train in Canada, they have their own trains.

After a long wait at the train station, the check-in started around 4:20 PM. We had done our research in advance and followed the recommendation to book first-class tickets, so we were one of the first ones on the train.

As always at a border crossing, there was also a border control with a security check at the train station.

The food on the train is $3 cheaper for first-class travelers compared to second-class travelers, but there is no table service like in Germany.

The seating arrangement and luggage storage spaces are similar to those in the ICE trains. The only difference is that on the 'Amtrak' you can also check your luggage weighing up to 23 kg in the baggage car.

The scenery during the journey was simply beautiful, often right along the water.

Right at the border, the passports of all travelers were checked again. As I said, after Vancouver, the next scheduled stop is a city in the United States, not in Canada...

The train itself is from the 70s, both on the outside and the inside. It had to honk before each railroad crossing. There are really a lot of crossings.

We arrived in Seattle around 10 PM. From the train station, we took an Uber (private taxi) and relaxedly drove to our accommodation in North Seattle.