West Glacier (Amtrak station)

West Glacier

Trackside view of West Glacier Amtrak Station
Station statistics
Address U.S. Hwy 2 and
Going-to-the-Sun Rd.
West Glacier, MT 59936
Lines
  Empire Builder
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 1910, 1935
Code WGL
Owned by Glacier Natural History Association
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 5,018[1]  36%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder
toward Chicago

West Glacier, Montana is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in West Glacier, Montana. The station building, constructed in 1910 and enlarged in 1935, was donated to the Glacier Natural History Association in 1991 and now houses the offices and bookstore of that organization. Amtrak ticketing and other passenger services are not available. The adjacent track and platform continue to be owned by BNSF Railway. The station is historically known as Belton.[2][3]

Of the twelve Montana stations served by Amtrak, West Glacier was the fifth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 22 passengers daily.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "West Glacier, MT (WGL)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/WGL. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/WGL/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 2007-02-02. 
  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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