The Pacific International was a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia.

[1] The Burlington Northern Railroad's International had served the Seattle–Vancouver route up until the creation of Amtrak, and resuming service posed no significant challenges.

[3] Between October 1979 and April 1980 the southbound Pacific International began departing from Vancouver in the middle of the day and terminated in Portland, Oregon.

In 1975 the United States Department of Transportation said it was the worst performer in the system, with a deficit of 47 cents per passenger mile.

[7] In early 1979, Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams proposed eliminating 43% of Amtrak's route network, and the Pacific International was on the chopping block.