Havre (Amtrak station)

Havre

Great Northern Railway locomotive #2584 and the sculpture, "U.S.Canada Friendship"
Location 235 Main Street
Havre, MT 59501
Coordinates 48°33′16″N 109°40′42″W / 48.55457°N 109.67836°WCoordinates: 48°33′16″N 109°40′42″W / 48.55457°N 109.67836°W
Owned by BNSF Railway
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking Yes; free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code HAV
History
Opened 1907
Rebuilt 1953
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 11,343[1]Decrease 15.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Empire Builder
toward Chicago

Havre, Montana is a station, re-fueling, and service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Havre, Montana. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway.[2][3]

On static display, next to the station, is Great Northern Railway steam locomotive #2584, a 4-8-4 S-2 "Northern" Class. Nearby is a sculpture representing "U.S. Canada Friendship" and a statue of James J. Hill, the man for whom the Empire Builder is named and the developer of the Great Northern Railway.

Notes and references

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  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. Retrieved 2007-02-01.

External links

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