Willmar station
Railroad station in Minnesota
| Preceding station |  Amtrak | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris toward Seattle or Portland | Empire Builder | Minneapolis 1971–1978 toward Chicago | ||
| Saint Paul–Midway 1978–1979 toward Chicago | ||||
| Preceding station | Great Northern Railway | Following station | ||
| Pennock toward Seattle | Main Line | Kandiyohi toward St. Paul | ||
The Willmar station of Willmar, Minnesota was built in 1948, replacing an 1892 Cass Gilbert designed depot.[1][2] It served the Great Northern Railway and its successor Burlington Northern until 1971. Thereafter, passenger service continued under Amtrak, but with only a single route through Willmar, the Empire Builder. After the North Coast Hiawatha, which ran on the former Northern Pacific Railway line from Minneapolis to Fargo, ended service in 1979, the Empire Builder moved to that corridor.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Willmar, Minnesota Great Northern Depot". The WOODSHED Rev 2.
- ^ "Kandiyohi County Minnesota Railroad Stations". www.west2k.com.
- ^ "GNRHS : Empire Builder". www.gnrhs.org.
- ^ "Amtrak Shifts Route to St. Cloud After Court Order on Hiawatha". The Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 3, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved November 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Willmar, Minnesota – TrainWeb
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Amtrak stations in Minnesota
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