Havre station
Havre station is a train station, re-fueling, and service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Havre, Montana. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway, and the station was previously owned and operated by the Great Northern Railway[2][3]
Havre, MT | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Havre station in May 2017. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 235 Main Street Havre, MT 59501 | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48.55457°N 109.67836°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BNSF Railway | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Railway Milk River / Hi Line Subdivisions | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes; free | |||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | HAV | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1907 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1953 | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 11,570[1]  1.48% | |||||||||||||||||
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On static display, next to the station, is Great Northern Railway steam locomotive #2584, a 4-8-4 "Northern" type S-2 Class, which served the station while it was in passenger service. It has been on display there since May 15, 1964. 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
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- 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.
External links
Media related to Havre (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Havre, MT – Amtrak
- Havre Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Harve, Montana Amtrak Station (The SubwayNut)
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