SANDPOINT (AMTRAK STATION)

'Sandpoint, Idaho' is a station stop for the Amtrak ''Empire Builder'' in Sandpoint, Idaho, and the only stop the ''Builder'' makes in Idaho. The station had 5,789 boardings during Amtrak's 2006 fiscal year, an increase of 190 boardings from FY2005. The station, parking lot, platforms and track are owned by BNSF Railway.^[1][2]
The station building is the oldest remaining active passenger depot of the former Northern Pacific Railway.^[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is known therein as the Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railway Station, or as the Northern Pacific Depot.^[4]

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Notes and references

1. Amtrak - Great American Stations
2. Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2005, State of Idaho
3. Amtrak - Great American Stations
4. National Register of Historic Places, Idaho - Bonner County

External links

★ Sandpoint(SPT) Station, Great American Stations website

★ Sandpoint Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)