Breckenridge station

Breckenridge, MN
Inter-city rail station
The previous Breckenridge station, in 1871
General information
Location	317 Minnesota Avenue, Breckenridge, Minnesota 56520
Coordinates	46.262895°N 96.589430°W / 46.262895; -96.589430
Line(s)	BNSF Morris Subdivision
History
Opened	1901
Closed	October 1, 1979
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Fargo toward Seattle or Portland Empire Builder Morris toward Chicago Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station Wahpeton toward Seattle Main Line Doran toward St. Paul

The Breckenridge station of Breckenridge, Minnesota was built in 1901, serving the Great Northern Railway and successor Burlington Northern until 1971.[1] Thereafter, passenger service continued under Amtrak, but with only a single route through Breckenridge, the Empire Builder. After the North Coast Hiawatha, which ran on the former Northern Pacific Railway line from Minneapolis to Fargo, ended service in 1979, the Empire Builder moved to that corridor.[2][3]

References

1. "Wilkin County Minnesota Railroad Stations".
2. "GNRHS : Empire Builder".
3. "Amtrak Shifts Route to St. Cloud After Court Order on Hiawatha". The Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 3, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved November 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Breckenridge, Minnesota – TrainWeb