St. Cloud station

St. Cloud, MN
St. Cloud station, May 2017
General information
Location555 East Saint Germain Street
St. Cloud, Minnesota[1]
United States
Coordinates45°34′04″N 94°08′56″W / 45.5679°N 94.1490°W / 45.5679; -94.1490
Owned byBNSF Railway[2]
Line(s)BNSF Staples Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport St. Cloud Metro Bus
Construction
Parking40 free long term spaces[1]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: SCD
History
Opened1909
Passengers
FY 20238,169[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Staples
toward Seattle or Portland
Empire Builder St. Paul
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Staples
toward Seattle or Portland
Empire Builder Saint Paul–Midway
Closed 2014
toward Chicago
Staples
toward Seattle
North Coast Hiawatha
1971-1979
Minneapolis
toward Chicago
Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station
Sauk Rapids
toward Seattle or Tacoma
Main Line Clear Lake
toward St. Paul
Little Falls
toward Winnipeg
Winnipeg – St. Paul Elk River
toward St. Paul
Location
Map

St. Cloud station is an Amtrak intercity train station in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. It is served by the daily Empire Builder on its route connecting Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon.[Note 1] The next stop westbound is Staples while the next stop eastbound is Saint Paul Union Depot.[Note 2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SCD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GAS-SCD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Minnesota" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "Empire Builder" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. May 7, 2014. p. 2. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  5. ^ Melo, Fredrick (May 7, 2014). "After 43 years, St. Paul's Union Depot marks return of passenger trains". twincitiespress.com. MediaNews Group. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "What's New". www.allaboardmn.org. All Aboard Minnesota. 2014. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014. Amtrak plans to stop the Empire Builder at Midway each day to water and service the train and add/drop off coaches and private cars.


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