Breckenridge, MN | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Inter-city rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The previous Breckenridge station, in 1871 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 317 Minnesota Avenue, Breckenridge, Minnesota 56520 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°15′46″N 96°35′22″W / 46.262895°N 96.589430°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Morris Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | October 1, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Breckenridge station of Breckenridge, Minnesota was built in 1901, serving the Great Northern Railway and successor Burlington Northern until 1971.[1] Thereafter, passenger service continued under Amtrak, but with only a single route through Breckenridge, the Empire Builder. After the North Coast Hiawatha, which ran on the former Northern Pacific Railway line from Minneapolis to Fargo, ended service in 1979, the Empire Builder moved to that corridor.[2][3]
- ^ "Wilkin County Minnesota Railroad Stations".
- ^ "GNRHS : Empire Builder".
- ^ "Amtrak Shifts Route to St. Cloud After Court Order on Hiawatha". The Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 3, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved November 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
