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Butte station

Coordinates: 46°00′05″N 112°31′34″W / 46.00135°N 112.52624°W / 46.00135; -112.52624
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Butte, MT
inter-city rail station
The North Coast Limited at Butte station in 1970
General information
Location800 East Front Street, Butte, Montana
USA
Coordinates46°00′05″N 112°31′34″W / 46.00135°N 112.52624°W / 46.00135; -112.52624
History
Opened1906
Closed1979
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Deer Lodge
toward Seattle
North Coast Hiawatha Bozeman
toward Chicago
Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station
Silver Bow
toward Seattle or Tacoma
Main Line Whitehall
toward St. Paul
Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station
Terminus Butte – Salt Lake City Silver Bow
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Silver Bow
towards Seattle or Tacoma
Main Line Sappington
towards Chicago
Location
Map

The Butte Depot is a Northern Pacific Railway train station in Butte, Montana, built in 1906. It originally served both the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. In 1970 the NP merged with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Great Northern Railway, and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, forming the facility's new owner, the Burlington Northern Railroad; passenger train service was taken over by Amtrak in 1971. In 1979 Amtrak discontinued the North Coast Hiawatha due to budget cuts, leaving the Empire Builder on the former Great Northern Railway line, as the only passenger rail service through Montana.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Butte Northern Pacific Station - Butte Historic District". Historic Montana.
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