East Glacier Park station

East Glacier Park station is a train station in East Glacier Park Village, Montana. It is a seasonal stop for Amtrak's Empire Builder line, open from April to October. It serves mostly visitors to Glacier National Park. It functions as an alternate to Browning station on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, which opens from October to April.

East Glacier Park, MT
Location400 Hwy 49 North
East Glacier Park, MT 59434
Coordinates48.4439°N 113.2185°W / 48.4439; -113.2185
Owned byBNSF Railway
Line(s)BNSF Railway Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes; free
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeGPK
History
Opened1913
Previous namesGlacier Park
Passengers
201814,414[1]  0.46%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Essex
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder Browning
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station
Bison
toward Seattle
 Main Line Spotted Robe
toward St. Paul

The historic Glacier Park Hotel (aka Glacier Park Lodge) was built in 1913 by the Great Northern Railroad. The hotel is within a block's distance from the station, and thus arriving passengers can walk to the Glacier Park Hotel if they wish, but typically a van from the hotel meets the train and will carry passengers and their luggage to the hotel. The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway.[2][3] This station operates during the summer only.

The station has a sign that reads Glacier Park (its historic former name), but the current "East Glacier Park" name is used on Amtrak schedules and by train personnel when making the onboard arrival announcement.

Notes and references
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  3. Grau, Kara; Bruns-Dubois, Melissa; Nickerson, Norma P. (December 2006). "The Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana" (PDF). University of Montana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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