Whitefish (Amtrak station)
- Whitefish (Amtrak station)
Infobox Station
style=Amtrak
name=Whitefish
image_size=275
image_caption=
address=500 Depot Street Whitefish, MT 59937
line=
other= Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
platform=
parking=Yes; free
passengers=66,922
pass_year=2007
pass_percent=-1.9
opened=1927
rebuilt=
ADA=Yes
code=WFH
owned=Stumptown Historical Society
zone=
baggage_check=Yes
Whitefish, Montana is the busiest station stop for the Amtrak "Empire Builder" in Montana based on ridership. On average in FY07, the Whitefish depot boarded or detrained nearly 185 passengers daily, making it the busiest station stop between the Pacific Ocean and Midway Station in St. Paul, Minnesota on the Empire Builder route.
In addition to the "Empire Builder", Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach also links the station to Kalispell and Missoula, Montana, USA. The station and parking lot are owned by the Stumptown Historical Society. BNSF Railway leases office space on the second floor of the station and owns the platform and track. [cite web |title= Amtrak - Great American Stations |publisher=Amtrak |date= |url= http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-whitefish/ |format= |accessdate=2007-02-02] [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= 2007-02-02]
The Tudor Revival station building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and is known therein as the Great Northern Railway Passenger and Freight Depot and Division Office, or as the Whitefish Depot. [cite web |title= National Register of Historic Places, Montana - Flathead County |publisher= National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior|url= http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/mt/Flathead/state.html |accessdate= 2002-02-06]
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo/mt-whitefish/ Whitefish(WFH) Station, Great American Stations website]
* [http://subwaynut.com/amtrak/whitefish/index.html Whitefish, Montana Amtrak Station (The SubwayNut)]
* [http://www.stumptownhistoricalsociety.org/ Stumptown Historical Society website]
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