Midway station (Minnesota)

Midway Saint Paul, MN
The station as viewed from the northwest in July 2014
General information
Location	730 Transfer Road[1] Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 United States
Coordinates	44°57′47″N 93°11′05″W / 44.9631°N 93.1846°W / 44.9631; -93.1846
Elevation	870 feet (270 m)[2]
Owned by	Amtrak Minnesota Commercial (some track)[3]
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Closed for passenger service
Station code	MSP (former)[3][Note 1]
History
Opened	March 1, 1978[4]
Closed	May 7, 2014[5]
Passengers
FY2013	116,991[6]  2.92% (Amtrak)
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station St. Cloud toward Seattle or Portland Empire Builder 1979–2014 Red Wing toward Chicago Willmar toward Seattle Empire Builder 1978–1979 Cambridge toward Duluth North Star 1978–1981 North Star 1981–1985 Terminus Arrowhead 1978–1978 Terminus Twin Cities Hiawatha 1978–1978 Red Wing toward Chicago St. Cloud toward Seattle North Coast Hiawatha 1978–1979
Location

Midway (Saint Paul/Minneapolis) is a former Amtrak intercity train station in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was last served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder, with service from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington or Portland, Oregon. When the station opened March 1, 1978, it was also served briefly by the long-distance North Coast Hiawatha (with service from Chicago to Seattle), and the Hiawatha (Chicago to St. Paul) and Arrowhead (Duluth to St. Paul), the latter combined as the North Star (thru service from Chicago to Duluth) later that year.

It was one of the first new stations, designated as a "Type 300A" design, built under the Amtrak Standard Stations Program in 1978. The only other station constructed to "Type 300A" design, Miami station, opened three months later and remains in operation today.

The Midway station was closed for passenger service on May 7, 2014, with passenger service being moved to the restored Saint Paul Union Depot. For a time after its closure the station was still used to service the Empire Builder but was later abandoned. Midway had been a station stop for every Amtrak route in Minnesota until May 2024, when the Borealis began service using Saint Paul Union Depot.

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