 Passenger trains to Edmonds station returned a year later on July 17, 1972, with the restored "Pacific International" between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.Transcontinental service to Edmonds returned on June 13, 1973, via an extension of the "North Coast Hiawatha" over Stevens Pass, and was supplemented by the rerouted "Empire Builder" in 1981.Amtrak cancelled the "North Coast Hiawatha" in 1979 and "Pacific International" in 1981 due to poor patronage and ticket sales, leaving Edmonds with only two daily train departures.