Essex station (Montana)

Essex station is a flag stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder line in Essex, Montana. Essex has a year-round population of less than 50; most passengers are visitors to the historic Izaak Walton Inn located nearby.[4][5]

Essex, MT
Essex station platform in May 2017
Location290 Izaak Walton Inn Road
Essex, Montana
Coordinates48.27525°N 113.61030°W / 48.27525; -113.61030
Owned byBNSF Railway/Izaak Walton Inn
Line(s)BNSF Railway Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingNone
Other information
Station codeESM
History
OpenedMarch 1985 (conditional stop)[1]
November 1985 (flag stop)[2]
Passengers
20183,286[3]  1.01%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
West Glacier
toward Seattle or Portland
 Empire Builder East Glacier Park
toward Chicago

There currently is no station building at Essex. In late 2010, Amtrak built a concrete platform with embedded heating coils for automatic snow clearance to replace the former asphalt platform, and also added additional lighting and fencing. The conductor has a computer-generated list of passengers needing to board or detrain, and thus knows if the Empire Builder needs to stop in Essex on any given day.

References
  1. "Historic Inn to Receive Rail Service". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. March 10, 1985. p. 35. Retrieved October 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Essex Inn Amtrak Flag Stop". The Independent-Record. Helena, Montana. November 12, 1985. p. 11. Retrieved October 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. "Amtrak - Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  5. 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 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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