- Essex (Amtrak station)
Infobox Station
style=Amtrak
name=Essex
image_size=
image_caption= View of station and inn looking West, from bridge
address=290 Izaak Walton Inn Rd. Essex, MT 59916
line=rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Empire Builder
platform=
parking=None
passengers=4,194
pass_year=2007
pass_percent=8.6
opened=
rebuilt=
ADA=
code=ESM
owned=BNSF Railway/Izaak Walton Inn
zone=
baggage_check=NoEssex, Montana is the only
flag stop on theAmtrak "Empire Builder " route. The station was the ninth-busiest stop inMontana in FY07, on average boarding or detraining eleven passengers daily. The Empire Builder serves eleven other communities in the state.There is no station building, but the platform is owned by the nearby, historic
Izaak Walton Inn inEssex, Montana . [cite web |title= Amtrak - Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak |date= |url= http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-essex/ |format= |accessdate=2007-02-01] [cite web |last=Grau |first=Kara
coauthors=Bruns-Dubois, Melissa; Nickerson, Norma P. |title= The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana |publisher= [http://www.itrr.umt.edu Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana] |date= December 2006 |url= http://www.itrr.umt.edu/ecorev/Economicreview2006.pdf |format= PDF |accessdate= 2007-02-01]Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.gonorthwest.com/Montana/northwest/Essex.htm Essex, Montana at GoNorthwest.com website]
* [http://www.izaakwaltoninn.com/ Izaak Walton Inn website]
* [http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-essex/ Essex(ESM) Station, Great American Stations website]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/essex.htm Essex Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]
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