The Breckenridge station of

Breckenridge, Minnesota Breckenridge is a city and county seat of Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,430 at the 2020 census. Breckenridge's twin city is Wahpeton, North Dakota. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND—MN Micropolitan Statistical ...

was built in 1901, serving the Great Northern Railway and successor

Burlington Northern The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996. Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroadin ...

until 1971. Thereafter, passenger service continued under Amtrak, but with only a single route through Breckenridge, the ''

Empire Builder The ''Empire Builder'' is an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that operates daily between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship passenger train of the Great Northe ...

''. After the ''

North Coast Hiawatha The ''North Coast Hiawatha'' was a streamlined passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington. Operating from 1971 to 1979, the train was a successor to the Northern Pacific Railway's ''North Coast Limited ...

'', which ran on the former Northern Pacific Railway line from Minneapolis to Fargo, ended service in 1979, the ''Empire Builder'' moved to that corridor.

References

External links

Breckenridge, Minnesota – TrainWeb
Former Amtrak stations in Minnesota Former Great Northern Railway (U.S.) stations 1901 establishments in Minnesota Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901 1979 disestablishments in Minnesota Railway stations in the United States closed in 1979 {{Minnesota-railstation-stub