St. Cloud station

St. Cloud
Amtrak inter-city rail station
St. Cloud station in May 2017.
Location	555 East Saint Germain Street St. Cloud, Minnesota 56304  United States
Coordinates	45°34′04″N 94°08′56″W / 45.5679°N 94.1490°W / 45.5679; -94.1490Coordinates: 45°34′04″N 94°08′56″W / 45.5679°N 94.1490°W / 45.5679; -94.1490
Owned by	BNSF Railway
Line(s)	Empire Builder
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metro Bus
Construction
Parking	40 free long term spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SCD
History
Opened	1909
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	11,457  15.1% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Staples toward Seattle or Portland, OR Empire Builder Saint Paul (Union Depot) toward Chicago Saint Paul – Midway 1979-2014 toward Chicago   Former services   Staples toward Seattle North Coast Hiawatha 1971-1979 Minneapolis toward Chicago
Location
Location of St. Cloud Station within Minnesota

St. Cloud is an Amtrak intercity train station in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States, on Amtrak's daily Empire Builder service between Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington or Portland, Oregon.The next westbound passenger stop is in Staples, Minnesota, and the next eastbound stop is in Saint Paul, Minnesota.)

The station is located at 555 East Saint Germain Street and is situated on the east side of the Mississippi River in the middle of a wye that links to the St. Cloud Rail Bridge. The depot is easily accessible from US 10 by taking the SH 23 interchange (toward St. Cloud) and heading southwest on 3rd Street Southeast (SH 23), then north-northwest on Lincoln Avenue Southeast, then southeast on East Saint Germain Street, and finally north-northwest again on the station access road (immediately after crossing the tracks). There is an enclosed waiting room (with restrooms) available daily from 4:00 am to 6:00 am and from 11:30 pm to 1:15 am (early the next morning), with a caretaker opening and closing the depot. While it does not have a ticketing office or counter, it does have a Quik-Trak kiosk. However, no other services are provided at the station (i.e., baggage, lounge, telephone, etc.). The tracks, platform, depot building, and parking lot are all owned by the BNSF Railway.