Grand Forks (Amtrak station)

Grand Forks

Station statistics

Address

5555 DeMers Avenue
Grand Forks, ND 58201

Lines

Empire Builder

Parking

Yes; free

Baggage check

Yes

Other information

Opened

1982

Accessible

Code

GFK

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

19,916 ▲ 1. The Empire Builder is a Passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. 7%

The Grand Forks Amtrak station is a train station in western Grand Forks, North Dakota served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the US state of North Dakota and the County seat of Grand Forks County. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971

It is located at a railroad wye where Amtrak trains turn south. The station was built by Amtrak in 1982, replacing the use of a Great Northern station downtown and allowing Amtrak to serve the city without having to go downtown and then back up. For a while before the station officially opened, trains stopped here and passengers were bussed to/from the old station. ^[1]

Grank Forks is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder, which stops in six other North Dakota cities. The Empire Builder is a Passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. In FY07, an average of 55 passengers boarded or detrained at the station each day.

The station is owned by Amtrak. The platform and tracks are owned by BNSF Railway. The BNSF Railway headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the four remaining Transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in

References

^ Empire Builder 75th Anniversary (Great Northern Railway Historical Society)

External links

Amtrak - Stations - Grand Forks, ND

Grand Forks Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

Grand Forks (Amtrak station) is at coordinates 47°55′03″N 97°06′39″W / 47.917411, -97.110911 (Grand Forks (Amtrak station))Coordinates: 47°55′03″N 97°06′39″W / 47.917411, -97.110911 (Grand Forks (Amtrak station))

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Devils Lake toward Seattle or Portland		Empire Builder		Fargo toward Chicago

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 The Devils Lake Amtrak station is a Train station in Devils Lake North Dakota, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system King Street Station is a Train station in Seattle Washington. "Portland (Amtrak station" redirects here For the train station in Maine see Portland Maine (Amtrak station. The Empire Builder is a Passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. The Fargo Amtrak station is a Train station in Fargo North Dakota, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system Union Station is a Chicago Train station that opened in 1925 replacing an earlier 1881 station and is now the only Intercity rail terminal in Chicago

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