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Staples
Staples
	Northern Pacific Railway depot, Staples, Minnesota.
General information
Location	First & Fourth Avenues; Staples, MN 56479
Line(s)	Empire Builder
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Other information
Station code	SPL
History
Opened	1902 or 1909
Passengers
2011	5,961 16%
Services
	Northern Pacific Railway Depot and Freighthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Staples, Minnesota
Built	1902
Architect	Northern Pacific Railway Engineering Dept
Architectural style	Classic Revival
NRHP reference No.	85003613
Added to NRHP	June 13, 2008

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Staples is a train station in Staples, Minnesota served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was built in December, 1909, by the Northern Pacific Railway. The architects of the station were Charles A. Reed and Allen H. Stem, who also designed the Northern Pacific's King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, and the New York Central Railroad's Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 2008.^[3]

Staples is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder. Of the six Minnesota stations served by Amtrak, Staples was the fifth busiest in Fiscal Year 2010, boarding or detraining an average of fourteen passengers daily.^[4]

References

^ "Staples, MN (SPL)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ Todd County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-06-13.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Minnesota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-1-6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)

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[1] "Staples, MN (SPL)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

[2] Todd County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

[nris-3] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-06-13.

[4] "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Minnesota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-1-6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)

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