Butte station explained

Style:Amtrak
Style2:Amtrak old
Butte, MT
Type:inter-city rail station
Address:800 East Front Street, Butte, Montana
Country:USA
Opened:1906
Closed:1979
Coordinates:46.0014°N -112.5262°W
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes

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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  1. Web site: Butte Northern Pacific Station - Butte Historic District. Historic Montana.