Cut Bank station
Cut Bank station is a train station in Cut Bank, Montana. It is served by Amtrak's Empire Builder, and is an important regional railway freight yard for BNSF Railway, which operates several grain collection elevators in the yard. The station site is owned by Amtrak,[3][4] while the adjacent yard, trackage and signals are owned by BNSF Railway. The station is less than a mile from Cut Bank Creek gorge, which gives the county seat, station, and yard their names.
Cut Bank, MT | |||||||||||||
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Station viewed from the platform, facing west | |||||||||||||
Location | 101 BNSF Industrial Site Off Central Avenue/MT 213 Cut Bank, MT 59427 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48.63839°N 112.33153°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | BNSF Railway | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway Hi Line Subdivision | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes; free | ||||||||||||
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Station code | CUT | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Rebuilt | December 15, 1939[1] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2014 | 2,353[2] 19.4% | ||||||||||||
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The city, in conjunction with Amtrak and current track owner BNSF Railway, recently repainted their historic train station into the traditional Great Northern Railway depot colors. The Great Northern was the original owner of the station and tracks.
Notes and references
- "New G.N. Depot at Cut Bank". The Great Falls Tribune. December 17, 1939. p. 3. Retrieved January 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- Grau, Kara; Bruns-Dubois, Melissa; Nickerson, Norma P. (December 2006). "The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana" (PDF). University of Montana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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