Centralia

Get in

By car

• Centralia is just east of Interstate 5 (I-5).
• From the northbound lanes, it is accessed from Exits #81 (Mellan St/City Center) & 82 (Harris Ave/Factory Outlet Way).
• From the southbound lanes, it can be only be accessed from Exit #82. To get to Mellan St (where Exit/Mile Marker #81 is at) continue along the parallel lanes after exiting off at #82, follow the signs.
• US Highway 12 (US-12) goes east through the mountains, south of Mt. Rainier, towards Yakima from Exit 68 of I-5 and west to Aberdeen through Tenino from Exit 88 of I-5. Between Exits 68 and 88, US Hwy 12 goes along I-5 through Centralia and Chehalis.
• State Route 507 (SR-507) goes through town as Pearl St (SB) & Tower St (NB). At 6th St, north of downtown, Tower St joins Pearl where SR-507 continues north into the countryside towards Yelm. From the south end of the downtown core, SR-507 goes west as Cherry St which becomes Alder and then Mellan St and ends at its junction with I-5 (Exit #81). South of Cherry St, Pearl & Tower St merges and continues south as Kresky Ave towards Chehalis. On some parts of the way Kresky Ave splits with the southbound traffic going south as Gold St which becomes National Ave into Chehalis while northbound traffic remains on Kresky.

By train

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• Routes stopping in Centralia:

• Amtrak Cascades operates between Vancouver, BC and Eugene via Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Everett, Edmonds, Seattle, Tukwila, Tacoma, Lacey (Olympia), Centralia, Kelso (Longview), Vancouver, WA, Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Albany. There are two round trips daily along the portion between Vancouver and Seattle, four round trips daily along the portion between Seattle and Portland, and two round trips daily along the portion between Portland and Eugene. No train departures travel the whole length of the route. Additional service between Vancouver and Seattle, and between Portland to Eugene are provided on the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.
• Coast Starlight operates daily between Seattle and Los Angeles. Stops include Tacoma, Portland, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Dunsmuir, Redding, Chico, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez, San Francisco (Emeryville), Oakland, San Jose, Salinas, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Van Nuys, and Burbank. Between Seattle and Eugene, it makes the same stops as the Amtrak Cascades, except it skips Tukwila and Oregon City.

By bus

• Green Line, Olympia Transit Center - Centralia Mellen Street Station on I-5. Intercity route #600 or 610 continue from Olympia towards SR-512 Park & Ride in Lakewood, south of Tacoma, via Lacey on I-5. Transfer to Sound Transit 594 to continue towards Downtown Seattle or 574 to Seattle Tacoma International Airport via Federal Way from Lakewood.
• Purple Line, Twin Rivers Safeway in Kelso - Centralia Mellen Street Station on I-5. River Cities Transit #44 and 45 connect Twin Rivers Mall to the Amtrak Station for onward intercity connections.
• Brown Line, Centralia Mellen Station - Morton. Some routes go out to Packwood along I-5 and then US 12.

• Rt #2 Goes from Tumwater Square along Old Hwy 99 SE to Tenino and east towards Rainier along Sussex Ave E
• Rt #3 Goes from Tumwater Square along I-5 and Case Rd Sw to Grand Mound P&R (Exit #88 from I-5) and then west on US Hwy 12 to Rochester and the Chehalis Tribal Center on the Chehalis Indian Reservation.
• Rt #4 goes from Centralia to Grand Mount P&R, to Tenino (Tenino Library), Bucoda and back to Centralia from Bucoda.

Get around

By car

By public transit

• Blue Line, Outlets Malls,Amtrak, Downtown Centralia, B St & 6th
• Red Line, Wal Mart North side, Lewis County Courthouse in Chehalis, Port of Chehalis, Chehalis Recreation Center, Corner of Bishop & Studervant
• Yellow Line, Lewis County Senior Center, Lewis County Mall, Providence Medical Pavillion, S Market & 1st, Chehalis Library, Amtrak, Centralia College
• Orange Line, Outlet Malls, Centralia Middle School, Centralia High School