East Glacier Park station

East Glacier Park, MT
East Glacier Park station building
General information
Location400 Hwy 49 North
East Glacier Park Village, Montana
United States
Coordinates48°26′38″N 113°13′07″W / 48.4439°N 113.2185°W / 48.4439; -113.2185
Owned byBNSF Railway
Line(s)BNSF Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOpen seasonally (April–October); Station building with waiting room
Station codeAmtrak: GPK
History
Opened1913
Previous namesGlacier Park
Passengers
FY 20239,545[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Essex
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder
(April–October)
 Cut Bank
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station
Bison
toward Seattle
 Main Line Spotted Robe
toward St. Paul
Location
Map

East Glacier Park station is a train station in East Glacier Park Village, Montana. It is a seasonal stop for Amtrak's Empire Builder line, open from April to October. It serves mostly visitors to Glacier National Park. It functions as an alternate to Browning station on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, which opens from October to April.

The historic Glacier Park Lodge was built in 1913 by the Great Northern Railway. The hotel is within a block's distance from the station, and thus arriving passengers can walk to the Glacier Park Hotel if they wish, but typically a van from the hotel meets the train and will carry passengers and their luggage to the hotel. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway.[2][3] This station operates during the summer only.

The station has a sign that reads Glacier Park (its historic former name), but the current "East Glacier Park" name is used on Amtrak schedules and by train personnel when making the onboard arrival announcement.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  3. ^ 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 December 30, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2007.

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