Editing Centralia, Washington (section)

===Transportation===

====Air====
Centralia is served by the [[Chehalis–Centralia Airport]]. The city, beginning in 1961, was once a co-owner of the airfield<ref name="TCAPA">{{cite news |last1=Wayt |first1=Bob |title=Twin Cities airport 'prettiest' - Airport has had its controversial issues |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1976/07-03/page-22 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=July 3, 1976 |page=E}}</ref> but withdrew from the joint operating agreement in 2004 due to concerns over contract violations, liability, and [[Cost–benefit analysis|cost-benefits]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClurg |first1=Dian |title=Airport controversy continues |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/airport-controversy-continues,239454? |access-date=July 18, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=July 14, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Spurr |first1=Kyle |title=Chehalis-Centralia Airport Ownership in Question |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-centralia-airport-ownership-in-question,93112 |access-date=July 18, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> Centralia was once home to the Centralia Municipal Air Field located near Fort Borst Park. Opened in August 1927 to 10,000 spectators and an aerial performance, the airport quietly folded by the mid-1930s reportedly due to hardships caused by the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wayt |first1=Bob |title=Centralia once had airfield |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1977/12-03/page-34 |access-date=July 18, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=December 3, 1977 |page=W}}</ref>

====Railroads====
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to [[Centralia station (Washington)|Centralia station]], stopping at the town's renovated 1912 railroad depot.  Amtrak train 11, the southbound ''[[Coast Starlight]]'', is scheduled to depart Centralia at 11:45am with service to Kelso-Longview, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[Emeryville, California]] (with bus connection to [[San Francisco]]), and [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles]].  Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, is scheduled to depart Centralia at 5:57pm daily with service to [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia-Lacey]], [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] and [[Seattle]]. [[Amtrak Cascades|Amtrak ''Cascades'']] trains, operating as far north as [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] and as far south as [[Eugene, Oregon]], serve Centralia several times daily in both directions. BNSF trains in Centralia's downtown rail yard and on the mainline serve local and regional shippers, but can affect the timeliness of Amtrak service and are a noisy reminder of the days of the town's heyday as the crossroads of four major railroads ([[Union Pacific]], [[Milwaukee Road]], [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern]] and [[Northern Pacific Railway|Northern Pacific]]).

====Public Transportation====

Bus service is provided by [[Lewis County Transit]]. Routes originating in Centralia serve [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], [[Chehalis, Washington|Chehalis]], [[Castle Rock, Washington|Castle Rock]], and [[Kelso, Washington|Kelso]], among other locations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus Routes |url=https://lewiscountytransit.org/bus-routes/ |website=Lewis County Transit |date=December 31, 2023}}</ref>

====Automotive====

Centralia is situated alongside [[I-5]], and it is located almost exactly halfway between [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and [[Seattle]] on this highway. Its primary exit is at mile marker 82, with mile 0 being the Portland city limits and mile 164 being near Downtown Seattle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hayden Island Neighborhood Network to Starbucks Reserve Roastery |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hayden+Island,+Portland,+OR/Starbucks+Reserve+Roastery,+1124+Pike+St,+Seattle,+WA+98101/@46.6081564,-123.9558411,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5495a8923145fd47:0x249dc2c7b630a248!2m2!1d-122.681142!2d45.6135715!1m5!1m1!1s0x54906acdccf44db1:0x6da0c1f2d7a6736e!2m2!1d-122.32809!2d47.6140443!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D |website=Hayden Island Neighborhood Network to Starbucks Reserve Roastery |language=en}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 12 in Washington|U.S. Route 12]] passes through Centralia while it is [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with I-5. [[Washington State Route 507]] originates in Centralia, terminating in [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]] via [[Tenino, Washington|Tenino]] and [[Yelm, Washington|Yelm]].