East Glacier Park (Amtrak station)
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| East Glacier Park | |||
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| Address | 400 Hwy 49 North East Glacier Park, MT 59434 |
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| Parking | Yes; free | ||
| Baggage check | Yes | ||
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| Opened | 1913 | ||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | GPK | ||
| Owned by | BNSF Railway | ||
| Traffic | |||
| Passengers (2007) | 13,663 ▲ 23% | ||
East Glacier Park is a seasonal station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in East Glacier Park, Montana. The station is served daily from April to October, and caters mostly to tourists visiting Glacier National Park. It FY07, it was the fourth-busiest Amtrak stop in Montana, on average boarding or detraining 75 passengers daily. The Empire Builder serves eleven other communities in the state.
The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway. [1][2] This station operates during the summer only.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Amtrak - Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
- ^ 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 on 2007-02-01.
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| Preceding station | Amtrak | Following station | ||
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| Empire Builder |
toward Chicago
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