Whitefish station

Whitefish station is a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder in Whitefish, Montana. In addition to the Empire Builder, a once-daily Greyhound Lines bus service also links the station to Kalispell and Missoula (schedule 0101 northbound/0100 southbound). A car rental agency operates a window within the station. 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.[5][6]

Whitefish, MT
Location500 Depot Street
Whitefish, Montana
United States
Coordinates48°24′49″N 114°20′08″W
Owned byStumptown Historical Society
Line(s)Hi Line Subdivision BNSF
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsGreyhound Lines
Construction
Parking20 short term and 40 long term parking spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeWFH
History
Rebuilt10 September 1927–22 June 1928[1][2]
Key dates
June 24–17 July 1992[3]Station closed due to mold outbreak[3]
Passengers
201757,093[4]  4.1%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Libby
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder West Glacier
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station
Vista
toward Seattle
 Main Line Half Moon
toward St. Paul
Great Northern Railway Passenger and Freight Depot and Division Office
A trackside view of the depot.
LocationWhitefish, Montana
ArchitectThomas D'Arcy McMahon
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.02000766
Added to NRHP11 July 2002

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.[7]

Of the 12 Montana stations served by Amtrak, Whitefish is by far the busiest, boarding or detraining an average of about 170 passengers daily. Whitefish typically handles more than four times as many passengers as the next-busiest Montana station, which varies from year to year between East Glacier Park, Havre, and Shelby. It is the busiest station stop between the Pacific Ocean and Union Depot in St. Paul, Minnesota on the Empire Builder route.[8][9][10][11]

As per latest Amtrak schedule, the Empire Builder stops at the station for 20 minutes. Whitefish marks the western end of the BNSF's Hi Line Subdivision and the eastern end of the Kootenai River Subdivision.

Great Northern Engine in Whitefish

References
  1. "Excavation Starts on Whitefish Depot". The Great Falls Tribune. 11 September 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "$70,000 Whitefish Depot Opened by Great Northern". The Great Falls Tribune. 23 June 1928. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Temporary Amtrak Station Opens". The Independent-Record. Helena, Montana. 18 July 1992. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  5. "Amtrak – Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  6. Grau, Kara; Bruns-Dubois, Melissa; Nickerson, Norma P. (December 2006). "The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana" (PDF). Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
  7. "National Register of Historic Places, Montana – Flathead County". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 February 2002.
  8. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  9. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  10. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  11. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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