Sandpoint station is a train station along

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's ''

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'' line in

Sandpoint, Idaho Sandpoint (Kutenai language: kamanqukuⱡ) is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, Bonner County, Idaho. Its population was 8,639 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Sandpoint's major economic contributor ...

, as well as the only operating Amtrak station in

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. The station site is owned by

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. The station building is the oldest remaining active passenger depot of the former

Northern Pacific Railway The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly of land grants, whic ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1973 and is known therein as the Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railroad Station, or as the Northern Pacific Depot. In June 2009 Amtrak announced that it was considering a new stop in Sandpoint, citing concerns about the new Sand Creek Byway. City officials and the

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(ITD) pledged additional funds to support retaining Amtrak service at the original depot. As part of mitigation efforts related to construction of the byway, ITD paid BNSF approximately $922,000 to stabilize the depot or design and erect a replacement facility.Great American Stations
Accessed March 18, 2013. As of winter 2013, Amtrak was working with station owner BNSF to modify the existing lease to include parts of the building and the platform. Once this process is completed, Amtrak will move forward with design work for the rehabilitation; in conjunction with this project, Amtrak will also fund a new ADA compliant concrete platform with tactile edging. In May 2015, the station was restored at a cost of $926,000 and featured a new roof with green tiles similar in appearance to the originals, and a refurbished waiting room.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandpoint (Amtrak Station) Amtrak stations in Idaho Former Northern Pacific Railway stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 Transportation in Bonner County, Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Bonner County, Idaho