Morris station (Minnesota)

Morris, MN
Inter-city rail station
The Morris, MN station in 2021
General information
LocationAtlantic Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets, Morris, Minnesota
Coordinates45°35′26″N 95°55′10″W / 45.590499°N 95.919308°W / 45.590499; -95.919308
Line(s)BNSF Morris Subdivision
History
ClosedOctober 1, 1979
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Breckenridge
toward Seattle or Portland
Empire Builder Willmar
toward Chicago
Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station
Donnelly
toward Seattle
Main Line Kirkhaven
toward St. Paul

The Morris station of Morris, Minnesota served the Great Northern Railway and successor Burlington Northern until 1971.[1] Thereafter, passenger service continued under Amtrak, but with only a single route through Morris, 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]

  1. ^ "Stevens County Minnesota Railroad Stations".
  2. ^ "GNRHS : Empire Builder".
  3. ^ "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. Open access icon