Billings station
Appearance
Billings, MT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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inter-city rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Former Billings Depot, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 2320 Montana Avenue Billings, Montana USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Northern Pacific Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Roughly bounded by N. 23rd and N. 25th Sts., 1st and Montana Aves., Billings, Montana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°47′01″N 108°29′57″W / 45.7837°N 108.4993°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built by | Northern Pacific Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Beaux Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of | Billings Historic District (ID79001427[1]) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | March 13, 1979 |
Billings station is a historic train depot in the Historic District of downtown Billings, Montana. The depot was constructed to serve as a passenger station for the Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. All three railroad merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970, along with the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. In 1971 Amtrak took over passenger service throughout the country.
The station has been a contributing property on the Billings Historic District since 1978, listed as the Northern Pacific Depot. The last regular Amtrak train, the North Coast Hiawatha, departed in October 1979.
Today, the depot has been renovated into a popular events center.
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- Buildings and structures in Billings, Montana
- Former Amtrak stations in Montana
- Former Great Northern Railway (U.S.) stations
- Former Northern Pacific Railway stations
- Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1909
- Railway stations closed in 1979
- Historic district contributing properties in Montana
- 1882 establishments in Montana Territory
- 1979 disestablishments in Montana
- National Register of Historic Places in Yellowstone County, Montana
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
- Repurposed railway stations in the United States
- Western United States railway station stubs
- Montana building and structure stubs
- Montana Registered Historic Place stubs