West Glacier station
West Glacier | |||||||||||||
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 Trackside view of West Glacier Amtrak station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | U.S. Hwy 2 and Going-to-the-Sun Rd. West Glacier, MT 59936 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°29′55″N 113°58′18″W / 48.4987°N 113.9716°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Glacier Natural History Association | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Railway Hi Line Subdivision | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | WGL | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1910, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Belton | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | 5,013[1]  22.1% | ||||||||||||
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West Glacier is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in West Glacier, Montana. The station building, constructed in 1910 and enlarged in 1935, was donated to the Glacier Natural History Association in 1991 and now houses the offices and bookstore of the Glacier National Park Conservancy. Amtrak ticketing and other passenger services are not available. The adjacent track and platform continue to be owned by BNSF Railway. The station is historically known as Belton,[2][3] and that former name continues to be displayed on the station building.
Notes and references
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ "Amtrak – Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
- ^ 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 February 2, 2007.
External links
Media related to West Glacier (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons- West Glacier (WGL) Station, Great American Stations website
- Glacier Natural History Association
- West Glacier, MT – Amtrak
- West Glacier, MT – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- West Glacier Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
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