Grand Forks station

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Grand Forks, ND
Grand Forks station.jpg
The station at Grand Forks in May 2017.
Location5555 DeMers Avenue
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Coordinates47°55′03″N 97°06′39″W / 47.917411°N 97.110911°W / 47.917411; -97.110911Coordinates: 47°55′03″N 97°06′39″W / 47.917411°N 97.110911°W / 47.917411; -97.110911
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)BNSF Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingYes; free
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeGFK
History
Opened1982
Passengers
201713,891[1] Increase 0.06%
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Devils Lake
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder Fargo
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station
toward Seattle
 Main Line
toward St. Paul

Grand Forks is a train station in western Grand Forks, North Dakota. It is served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line.

It is located at a railroad wye where Amtrak trains headed for Chicago turn south. The station was built in a standard design by Amtrak in 1982, replacing the use of a Great Northern station downtown and allowing Amtrak to serve the city without having to go downtown and then back up. For a while before the station officially opened, trains stopped here and passengers were bussed to and from the old station.[2] The former Great Northern freight station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990.

Grand Forks is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder. Of the seven North Dakota stations served by Amtrak, Grand Forks was the fourth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 55 passengers daily.[3] The station is owned by Amtrak. The platform and tracks are owned by BNSF Railway.

Between late 2000 and November 2021, Amtrak completed a project to make the Grand Forks station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[4]

Gallery[]

  • An eastbound Empire Builder pulled into the wye.

References[]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of North Dakota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Empire Builder 75th Anniversary". Great Northern Railway Historical Society.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of North Dakota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Amtrak completes $4 million project to make Grand Forks station ADA-compliant". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

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