Willmar, MN
Inter-city rail station
The former Willmar station in 2021
General information
Location400 Pacific Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota
Coordinates45°07′22″N 95°02′54″W / 45.12290°N 95.04845°W / 45.12290; -95.04845
Line(s)BNSF Morris Subdivision
History
Opened1892
ClosedOctober 1, 1979
Rebuilt1948
Former services
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

  1. ↑ "Willmar, Minnesota Great Northern Depot". The WOODSHED Rev 2.
  2. ↑ "Kandiyohi County Minnesota Railroad Stations". www.west2k.com.
  3. ↑ "GNRHS : Empire Builder". www.gnrhs.org.
  4. ↑ "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. Open access icon


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