- Minot (Amtrak station)
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Minot 
The station building at Minot after the 2008 restorationStation statistics Address 400 1st Avenue S.W.
Minot, ND 58701Coordinates 48°14′10″N 101°17′55″W / 48.2361°N 101.2987°WCoordinates: 48°14′10″N 101°17′55″W / 48.2361°N 101.2987°W Lines Platforms Low, well-lit Parking Yes; free Other information Opened 1910 Rebuilt 1975 Accessible 
Code MOT Owned by BNSF Railway Traffic Passengers (2011) 29,179[1] 
28%Services Baggage check Preceding station Amtrak Following station toward Seattle or PortlandEmpire Builder toward ChicagoThe Minot Amtrak station is a train station in Minot, North Dakota served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station is located at the site of the former Great Northern Railway station, adjacent to the Minot Public Library, and quite close to Minot's City Hall.
Minot is a service stop for Amtrak's daily Empire Builder which serves six other cities in North Dakota. This is the only scheduled service stop between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Havre, Montana. The Minot station features the most boardings and detrainings of any Amtrak station in the state, with an average of about 110 passengers boarding or detraining at the station each day in FY2010.[2]
Amtrak Empire Builder at Minot, 1991
The station was built in 1905 by the Great Northern Railway. It originally featured a brick exterior and a gabled roof. In 1975, the station was modernized; a stucco exterior and a flat roofline drastically altered the appearance of the depot. According to Great American Stations, the Amtrak Depot Restoration Committee used federal, state, and city funds to renovate the station in recent years. In 2008, the brick exterior and gabled roof were restored, and future renovation of the interior is planned.
The platform, tracks, and station building are all owned by BNSF Railway.
Notes and references
- ^ "Minot, ND (MOT)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstatons.com/Stations/MOT. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of North Dakota" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NORTHDAKOTA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Minot, ND
- Minot Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Minot, North Dakota Amtrak Station (The SubwayNut)
Categories:- Amtrak stations in North Dakota
- Minot, North Dakota
- Railway stations opened in 1910
- Buildings and structures in Ward County, North Dakota
- Midwestern United States railway station stubs
- North Dakota building and structure stubs
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