Cut Bank station

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Cut Bank, MT
Cut Bank station.jpg
Station viewed from the platform, facing west
General information
Location101 BNSF Industrial Site
Cut Bank, Montana
United States
Coordinates 48°38′18″N112°19′54″W / 48.63839°N 112.33153°W / 48.63839; -112.33153
Owned by BNSF Railway
Line(s)BNSF Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: CUT
History
OpenedJune 18, 1893 [1] [2]
RebuiltDecember 15, 1939 [3]
Passengers
FY 20221,219 [4] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
East Glacier Park
(April–October)
toward Seattle or Portland
Empire Builder Shelby
toward Chicago
Browning
(October–April)
toward Seattle or Portland
Former services
Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station
Gunsight
toward Seattle
Main Line Baltic
toward St. Paul

Cut Bank station is a train station in Cut Bank, Montana. It is served by Amtrak's Empire Builder , and is an important regional railway freight yard for BNSF Railway, which operates several grain collection elevators in the yard. The station site is owned by Amtrak, [5] [6] while the adjacent yard, trackage and signals are owned by BNSF Railway. The station is less than a mile from Cut Bank Creek gorge, which gives the county seat, station, and yard their names.

The city, in conjunction with Amtrak and current track owner BNSF Railway, recently repainted their historic train station into the traditional Great Northern Railway depot colors. The Great Northern was the original owner of the station and tracks.

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