Grand Forks (Amtrak station)

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Grand Forks

Station statistics

Address

5555 DeMers Avenue
Grand Forks, ND 58201

Lines

Empire Builder

Parking

Yes; free

Baggage check

Yes

Other information

Opened

1982

Accessible

Code

GFK

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

19,916 ▲ 1.7%

The Grand Forks Amtrak station is a train station in western Grand Forks, North Dakota served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

It is located at a railroad wye where Amtrak trains turn south. The station was built by Amtrak in 1982, replacing the use of a Great Northern station downtown and allowing Amtrak to serve the city without having to go downtown and then back up. For a while before the station officially opened, trains stopped here and passengers were bussed to/from the old station.^[1]

Grank Forks is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder, which stops in six other North Dakota cities. In FY07, an average of 55 passengers boarded or detrained at the station each day.

The station is owned by Amtrak. The platform and tracks are owned by BNSF Railway.