Butte station

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]

Butte, MT
inter-city rail station
The North Coast Limited at Butte station in 1970
General information
Location	800 East Front Street, Butte, Montana USA
Coordinates	46°00′05″N 112°31′34″W
History
Opened	1906
Closed	1979
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 toward Salt Lake City Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Silver Bow towards Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Sappington towards Chicago
Location

See also

• Butte, Montana
• Silver Bow County, Montana

References

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

External links

• Northern Pacific Railway Historic Association
• Butte, Montana – TrainWeb