Browning station

Browning

Viewing west from the grade crossing
Location Heart Butte Road & Depot Road
Browning, MT 59417
Coordinates 48°32′02″N 113°00′48″W / 48.53393°N 113.01321°W / 48.53393; -113.01321Coordinates: 48°32′02″N 113°00′48″W / 48.53393°N 113.01321°W / 48.53393; -113.01321
Owned by BNSF Railway
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking Yes; free
Other information
Station code BRO
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,576[1]Decrease 11.7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Empire Builder
toward Chicago

Browning station is a train station in Browning, Montana. It is a seasonal stop for Amtrak's Empire Builder, open from October to April. It serves Browning and the rest of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, as well as the eastern side of Glacier National Park. It functions as an alternate for the East Glacier Park station at Glacier National Park, which closes during the winter.[2]

The station, platform, and parking are owned by BNSF Railway.[2][3] The old station building has been removed, leaving only a platform and parking area.

Notes and references

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Montana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Browning, MT (BRO)". www.greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  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. Retrieved 2007-02-01. External link in |publisher= (help)


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