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Essex station (Montana)

Essex
Essex station facing west, May 2017.jpg
Essex station platform in May 2017
Location 290 Izaak Walton Inn Road
Essex, Montana
Coordinates 48°16′31″N 113°36′37″W / 48.27525°N 113.61030°W / 48.27525; -113.61030Coordinates: 48°16′31″N 113°36′37″W / 48.27525°N 113.61030°W / 48.27525; -113.61030
Owned by BNSF Railway/Izaak Walton Inn
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking None
Other information
Station code ESM
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 2,920 Decrease 24.5%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Empire Builder
toward Chicago

Essex station is a flag stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder line in Essex, Montana. Essex has a year-round population of less than 50; most passengers are visitors to the historic Izaak Walton Inn located nearby.

There currently is no station building at Essex. In late 2010, Amtrak built a concrete platform with embedded heating coils for automatic snow clearance to replace the former asphalt platform, and also added additional lighting and fencing. The conductor has a computer-generated lists of passengers needing to board or detrain, and thus knows if the Empire Builder needs to stop in Essex on any given day.


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