Amtrak Empire Builder Resumes Daily Service Across Montana
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) Amtrak s Empire Builder train has resumed daily service from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, including a dozen stops along Montana s Hi-Line, after cutbacks made due to the pandemic.
The Empire Builder makes stops in Wolf Point, Glasgow, Malta, Havre, Shelby, Cut Bank, Browning, East Glacier Park, Essex, West Glacier, Whitefish and Libby in Montana.
Whitefish is the busiest stop, with more than 55,000 passengers boarding or disembarking there in a typical year, the Daily Inter Lake reported.
“Whitefish depends on the reliable service and economic boost that the Empire Builder route brings, and we are thrilled that service is returning to seven days a week,” Whitefish Mayor John Muhfeld said in a statement. “With travel season right around the corner, this is just the shot in the arm our economy needed as we work to build back after the pandemic.”
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Amtrak Empire Builder resumes daily service across Montana
May 25, 2021
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) Amtrak s Empire Builder train has resumed daily service from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, including a dozen stops along Montana s Hi-Line, after cutbacks made due to the pandemic.
The Empire Builder makes stops in Wolf Point, Glasgow, Malta, Havre, Shelby, Cut Bank, Browning, East Glacier Park, Essex, West Glacier, Whitefish and Libby in Montana.
Whitefish is the busiest stop, with more than 55,000 passengers boarding or disembarking there in a typical year, the Daily Inter Lake reported.
“Whitefish depends on the reliable service and economic boost that the Empire Builder route brings, and we are thrilled that service is returning to seven days a week,” Whitefish Mayor John Muhfeld said in a statement. “With travel season right around the corner, this is just the shot in the arm our economy needed as we work to build back after the pandemic.”