Minot (Amtrak station)

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Minot

The station building at Minot

Station statistics

Address

400 1st Avenue S.W.
Minot, ND 58701

Lines

Empire Builder

Platforms

Low, well-lit

Parking

Yes; free

Baggage check

Yes

Other information

Opened

1910

Rebuilt

1975

Accessible

Code

MOT

Owned by

BNSF Railway

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

38,254 ▲ 6.8%

The Minot Amtrak station is a train station in Minot, North Dakota served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station is located at the site of the former Great Northern Railroad station, adjacent to the Minot Public Library, and quite close to Minot's City Hall.

Minot is a service stop for Amtrak's daily Empire Builder which serves six other cities in North Dakota. This is the only scheduled service stop between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Havre, Montana. The Minot station features the most boardings and detrainings of any Amtrak station in the state, with an average of 105 passengers boarding or detraining at the station each day in FY07.

The station is a 1970s-era brick-stucco building with an aging facade. Since the station was rebuilt in the 1970s, water damage has plagued the structure. Work is currently underway to renovate the depot with a new roof and brick exterior. The cost of the project, $373,000, was provided by the North Dakota Department of Transportation and the City of Minot. Any leftover monies will be used as seed money for future restoration of the station's interior.

The platform, tracks, and station building are all owned by BNSF Railway.