Havre (Amtrak station)
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| Havre | |||
 Great Northern Railway locomotive #2584 and the sculpture, "U.S.—Canada Friendship" |
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| Address | 235 Main Street Havre, MT 59501 |
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| Parking | Yes; free | ||
| Baggage check | Yes | ||
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| Opened | 1907 | ||
| Rebuilt | 1953 | ||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | HAV | ||
| Owned by | BNSF Railway | ||
| Traffic | |||
| Passengers (2007) | 16,836 ▼ 0.8% | ||
Havre, Montana is a station, re-fueling, and service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Havre, Montana. The station is the second busiest Amtrak station in Montana, calculated by passenger boardings and detrainings, behind only Whitefish, Montana. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway. [1][2]
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.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Amtrak - Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
- ^ 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 on 2007-02-01.
[edit] External links
| Preceding station | Amtrak | Following station | ||
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| Empire Builder |
toward Chicago
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