Havre station

Havre, MT
Havre, MT
	Empire Builder at Havre station, July 2021
Location	235 Main Street; Havre, Montana; United States
Coordinates	48°33′16″N 109°40′42″W / 48.55457°N 109.67836°WCoordinates: 48°33′16″N 109°40′42″W / 48.55457°N 109.67836°W
Owned by	BNSF Railway
Line(s)	BNSF Milk River / Hi Line subdivisions
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: HAV
History
Opened	June 18, 1893
Rebuilt	1907, 1953
Passengers
FY2019	10,210 (Amtrak)
Services
Former services

Havre station is a train station, re-fueling, and service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Havre, Montana. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway, and the station was previously owned and operated by the Great Northern Railway^[4]^[5]

On static display, next to the station, is Great Northern Railway steam locomotive #2584, a 4-8-4 "Northern" type S-2 Class, which served the station while it was in passenger service. It has been on display there since May 15, 1964. Nearby is a sculpture representing "U.S. – Canada Friendship" and a statue of James J. Hill, the man for whom the Empire Builder is named and the developer of the Great Northern Railway.

Bibliography[]

Allen, W.F. (1893). Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada. New York, New York: National Railway Publication Company. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

Notes and references[]

^ Allen 1893, p. 500.
^ "The Railroads". The Detroit Free Press. June 18, 1893. p. 19. Retrieved November 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019: State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
^ "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
^ Grau, Kara; Bruns-Dubois, Melissa; Nickerson, Norma P. (December 2006). "The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana" (PDF). University of Montana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-01.