Fargo (Amtrak station)

Fargo
Station statistics
Address 420 4th Street North
Fargo, ND 58102
Lines
  Empire Builder
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1920
Rebuilt 1995
Accessible
Code FAR
Owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 16,968[1]  20%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder
toward Chicago

The Fargo Amtrak station is a train station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. While the largest city in North Dakota, Fargo has only the third-most rail passenger traffic in the state, behind Minot and Williston. This is chiefly because Amtrak's daily Empire Builder, which makes stops in six other North Dakota cities, stops in Fargo during the middle of night - between 2 and 4 AM - on both its eastbound and westbound journeys. In Amtrak's 2010 fiscal year, an average of about 60 passengers boarded or detrained at the station each day[2]

Fargo Station was originally built by the Great Northern Railway in 1920. The platform, tracks, and station are currently all owned by BNSF Railway. The station is currently located in the former BNSF freight house. The fomer main station building is now home to Great Northern Bicycle Co.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Fargo, ND (FAR)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/FAR. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of North Dakota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NORTHDAKOTA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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