 Great Northern merged into Burlington Northern (later BNSF Railway) in 1970; passenger service ceased when Amtrak took over Burlington Northern's passenger routes the following year.Amtrak began operating passenger service from Edmonds station in July 1972 and it has been served by "Cascades" (originally the "Mount Baker International") since 1995.Sound Transit began operating Sounder trains to Edmonds station in December 2003, and later funded a project to rebuild the station and transit center in 2011.