Billings station

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Billings, MT
inter-city rail station
Former Billings Depot, 1994
Location	2320 Montana Avenue Billings, Montana USA
History
Opened	1909
Closed	1979
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Livingston toward Seattle North Coast Hiawatha toward Chicago Preceding station Burlington Route Following station Terminus Billings – Kansas City toward Kansas City Billings – toward Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station toward Shelby Shelby – Billings Terminus Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station toward Seattle or Tacoma Main Line toward St. Paul
Northern Pacific Depot
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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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 / 45.7837; -108.4993Coordinates: 45°47′01″N 108°29′57″W / 45.7837°N 108.4993°W / 45.7837; -108.4993
Built	1882 (1882)
Built by	Northern Pacific Railway
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
Part of	(ID79001427[1])
Added to NRHP	March 13, 1979

Billings station is a historic train depot in the Historic District of downtown Billings, Montana, United States. 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 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.

External links[]

• Official Website

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