Whitefish station

For the community in Yukon, see Whitefish Station, Yukon.
Whitefish, MT
General information
Location500 Depot Street
Whitefish, Montana
United States
Coordinates48°24′49″N 114°20′08″W / 48.41361°N 114.33556°W / 48.41361; -114.33556
Owned byStumptown Historical Society
Line(s)BNSF Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Greyhound Lines
Construction
Parking20 short term, 40 long term spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: WFH
History
OpenedJune 22, 1928
Passengers
FY 202340,401[1] (Amtrak)
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
LocationWhitefish, Montana
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
ArchitectThomas D'Arcy McMahon
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.02000766
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 2002
Location
Map

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. 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 upper floors of the station and owns the platform and track.[2][3]

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.[4]

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 St. Paul Union Depot on the Empire Builder route.[5][6][7][8]

As of 2012, 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.

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Amtrak – Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  3. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
  4. ^ "National Register of Historic Places, Montana – Flathead County". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 6, 2002.
  5. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  6. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2015.