Shelby (Amtrak station)

Infobox Station
style=Amtrak
name=Shelby


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image_caption=
address=230 West Central Avenue Shelby, MT 59474
line=rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Empire Builder
platform=
parking=Yes; free
passengers=16,463
pass_year=2007
pass_percent=-1.1
opened=
rebuilt=
ADA=Yes
code=SBY
owned=BNSF Railway
zone=
baggage_check=Yes

Shelby, Montana is a station stop for the Amtrak "Empire Builder" in Shelby, Montana. The station, served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder, was the third-busiest stop in Montana in FY07 behind Whitefish, Montana and Havre. On average, it boarded or detrained forty-five passengers per day. The Empire Builder serves eleven other communities in the state.

The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway. [cite web |title= Amtrak - Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak |date= |url= http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-shelby/ |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]

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External links

* [http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-shelby/ Shelby(WPT) Station, Great American Stations website]