- Havre (Amtrak station)
Infobox Station
style=Amtrak
name=Havre
image_size=275
image_caption=Great Northern Railway locomotive #2584 and the sculpture, "U.S.—Canada Friendship"
address=235 Main Street Havre, MT 59501
line=rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Empire Builder
platform=
parking=Yes; free
passengers=16,836
pass_year=2007
pass_percent=-0.8
opened=1907
rebuilt=1953
ADA=Yes
code=HAV
owned=BNSF Railway
zone=
baggage_check=YesHavre, Montana is a station, re-fueling, and service stop for the
Amtrak "Empire Builder " inHavre, Montana . The station is the second busiest Amtrak station inMontana , calculated by passenger boardings and detrainings, behind onlyWhitefish, Montana . The station, platform, and parking are owned byBNSF Railway . [cite web |title= Amtrak - Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak |date= |url= http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-havre/ |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]On static display, next to the station, is Great Northern Railway steam locomotive #2584, a
4-8-4 S-2 "Northern" Class. Nearby is a sculpture representing "U.S. – Canada Friendship" and a statue ofJames J. Hill , the man for whom the "Empire Builder " is named and the developer of the Great Northern Railway.Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-havre/ Havre(HAV) Station, Great American Stations website]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/havre.htm Havre Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]
* [http://subwaynut.com/amtrak/havre/index.html Harve, Montana Amtrak Station (The SubwayNut)]
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