Sandpoint (Amtrak station)

Sandpoint

Station statistics

Address

450 Railroad Avenue
Sandpoint, ID 83864

Lines

Empire Builder

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Baggage check

Other information

Opened

1916

Accessible

Code

SPT

Owned by

BNSF Railway

Traffic

Passengers (2011)

5,296^[1] 5.5% (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Spokane toward Seattle or Portland		Empire Builder		Libby toward Chicago

Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railway Station (a.k.a. Northern Pacific Depot)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Sandpoint, Idaho
Built:	1916
NRHP Reference#:	73000682^[2]
Added to NRHP:	July 5, 1973^[2]

Sandpoint, Idaho is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Sandpoint, Idaho, and the only stop the Builder (and only Idaho Amtrak station) makes in Idaho. The station, parking lot, platforms and track are owned by BNSF Railway.^[3]^[4]

The station building is the oldest remaining active passenger depot of the former Northern Pacific Railway.^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is known therein as the Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railroad Station, or as the Northern Pacific Depot.^[5]

In June 2009 Amtrak announced that it was considering a new stop in Sandpoint, citing concerns about the new Sand Creek Byway. City officials and the Idaho Department of Transportation pledged additional funds to support retaining Amtrak service at the original depot.^[6]^[7]

The station boarded or detrained an average of 15 passengers daily in FY10.^[8]

References

^ "Sandpoint, ID (SPT)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SPT. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-01-24. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ^a ^b "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SPT/Station_view. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2005, State of Idaho" (PDF). Amtrak. October 2006. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/IDAHO05.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
^ "National Register of Historic Places, Idaho - Bonner County". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ID/Bonner/state.html. Retrieved 2002-02-05.
^ "Byway jeopardizes Amtrak's depot use". The Spokesman-Review. June 6, 2009. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/06/byway-jeopardizes-amtraks-depot-use/. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
^ Hagadone, Zach (November 30, 2009). "Historical Amtrak station faces development challenge". Idaho Business Review. http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/11/30/Historical-Amtrak-station-faces-development-challenge. Retrieved 2009-12-11. (subscription required)
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Idaho" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/IDAHO10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.

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