Whitefish station is a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder in Whitefish, Montana. In addition to the Empire Builder, a once-daily Greyhound Lines bus service also links the station to Kalispell and Missoula (schedule 0101 northbound/0100 southbound). A car rental agency operates a window within the station. The station and parking lot are owned by the Stumptown Historical Society. BNSF Railway leases office space on the second floor of the station and owns the platform and track.[5][6]

Whitefish, MT
General information
Location	500 Depot Street Whitefish, Montana United States
Coordinates	48°24′49″N 114°20′08″W
Owned by	Stumptown Historical Society
Line(s)	BNSF Hi Line Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Greyhound Lines
Construction
Parking	20 short term and 40 long term parking spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: WFH
History
Rebuilt	September 10, 1927–June 22, 1928[1][2]
Key dates
June 24–July 17, 1992[3]	Station closed due to mold outbreak[3]
Passengers
FY 2021	30,060[4] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Libby toward Seattle or Portland Empire Builder West Glacier toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station Vista toward Seattle Main Line Half Moon toward St. Paul
Great Northern Railway Passenger and Freight Depot and Division Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A trackside view of the depot.
Location	Whitefish, Montana
Architect	Thomas D'Arcy McMahon
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000766
Added to NRHP	11 July 2002

The Tudor Revival station building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and is known therein as the Great Northern Railway Passenger and Freight Depot and Division Office or as the Whitefish Depot.[7]

Of the 12 Montana stations served by Amtrak, Whitefish is by far the busiest, boarding or detraining an average of about 170 passengers daily. Whitefish typically handles more than four times as many passengers as the next-busiest Montana station, which varies from year to year between East Glacier Park, Havre, and Shelby. It is the busiest station stop between the Pacific Ocean and Union Depot in St. Paul, Minnesota on the Empire Builder route.[8][9][10][11]

As per latest Amtrak schedule, the Empire Builder stops at the station for 20 minutes. Whitefish marks the western end of the BNSF's Hi Line Subdivision and the eastern end of the Kootenai River Subdivision.

References

External links

Media related to Whitefish (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Whitefish, MT – Amtrak
• Whitefish, MT – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Stumptown Historical Society website
• Whitefish Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide – TrainWeb)