West Glacier station

West Glacier
Trackside view of West Glacier Amtrak Station
Location U.S. Hwy 2 and
Going-to-the-Sun Rd.
West Glacier, MT 59936
Coordinates 48°29′55″N 113°58′18″W / 48.4987°N 113.9716°W / 48.4987; -113.9716Coordinates: 48°29′55″N 113°58′18″W / 48.4987°N 113.9716°W / 48.4987; -113.9716
Owned by Glacier Natural History Association
Line(s) BNSF Railway Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code WGL
History
Opened 1910, 1935
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 5,013[1] Decrease 22.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Seattle or Portland
Empire Builder
toward Chicago

West Glacier is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in West Glacier, Montana. The station building, constructed in 1910 and enlarged in 1935, was donated to the Glacier Natural History Association in 1991 and now houses the offices and bookstore of the Glacier National Park Conservancy. Amtrak ticketing and other passenger services are not available. The adjacent track and platform continue to be owned by BNSF Railway. The station is historically known as Belton,[2][3] and that former name continues to be displayed on the station building.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  3. ↑ Grau, Kara; Bruns-Dubois, Melissa; Nickerson, Norma P. (December 2006). "The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana" (PDF). Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana. Retrieved 2007-02-02. External link in |publisher= (help)

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