Shelby (Amtrak station)

Shelby
Station statistics
Address 230 West Central Avenue
Shelby, MT 59474
Lines
  Empire Builder
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Accessible
Code SBY
Owned by BNSF Railway
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 13,358[1]  19%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder
toward Chicago

Shelby, Montana is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Shelby, Montana. The station is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder. Near Highway US-2, the station is adjacent to downtown Shelby. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway.[2][3]

Shelby is a smoke-break stop for the westbound Empire Builder, with continuing passengers allowed to step off the train at Shelby. Due to "padding" in the westbound schedule, if the westbound Empire Builder is on-time into Shelby, the stop in Shelby can be as long as a train service stop.

Of the twelve Montana stations served by Amtrak, Shelby was the third busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 45 passengers daily.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Shelby, MT (SBY)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SBY. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SBY/Station_view. 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. http://www.itrr.umt.edu/ecorev/Economicreview2006.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MONTANA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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