Grand Central Sanderson Station

[Northwestern]

Sanderson, Texas heads the list of the 10 loneliest Amtrak stations, based on passenger traffic.

https://is.gd/LbBYT0

I thought Browning, Montana would have a lower passenger count. I used to live in Browning, and took the Empire Builder out of Browning several times. It is a seasonal station, open during the late fall, winter, and early spring months, Oct through Apr. It was a godsend during those winter months as Highway 2 can be extremely hazardous during the winter.

 

[Willbridge]

Sanderson, Texas heads the list of the 10 loneliest Amtrak stations, based on passenger traffic.

https://is.gd/LbBYT0

I thought Browning, Montana would have a lower passenger count. I used to live in Browning, and took the Empire Builder out of Browning several times. It is a seasonal station, open during the late fall, winter, and early spring months, Oct through Apr. It was a godsend during those winter months as Highway 2 can be extremely hazardous during the winter.

When I was collaborating with a bus company on a Great Falls <> Cut Bank <> Banff Thruway bus proposal, more than one Amtrak employee Back East did not know about the seasonal Browning stop.

 

[Northwestern]

Is there a current bus service between East Glacier, Cut Bank, or Shelby across the border and up to Banff? I once thought of taking the Builder to East Glacier Park and head north to Waterton Park, but I didn't want to rent a car.
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[Rasputin]

Is there a current bus service between East Glacier, Cut Bank, or Shelby across the border and up to Banff? I once thought of taking the Builder to East Glacier Park and head north to Waterton Park, but I didn't want to rent a car.
t

There used to be a bus service, but it was discontinued about 10 years ago. I can't recall where it originated, probably Great Falls. I believe it ran from Great Falls to Shelby to Coutts to Calgary. It was a Greyhound service, as I recall when I took it in 1972. I took the eastbound Empire Builder to Shelby, had an hour or so layover at Shelby, and then caught the bus. There was also about an hour layover at Coutts to clear customs.

 

[Rasputin]

Sanderson used to have a large station when it was a division point for the SP. The station was still standing in May 2012 when I went through but I believe it was demolished soon thereafter. There was an effort to preserve the station but it was not successful.

 

[railiner]

Sanderson, Texas heads the list of the 10 loneliest Amtrak stations, based on passenger traffic.

https://is.gd/

There used to be a bus service, but it was discontinued about 10 years ago. I can't recall where it originated, probably Great Falls. I believe it ran from Great Falls to Shelby to Coutts to Calgary. It was a Greyhound service, as I recall when I took it in 1972. I took the eastbound Empire Builder to Shelby, had an hour or so layover at Shelby, and then caught the bus. There was also about an hour layover at Coutts to clear customs.

I rode the bus on that route when I travelled from New York City to Fairbanks, AK on a memorable vacation trip in 1970. The portion in Montana was operated by the Intermountain Transportation Company over some former Northland Greyhound Lines routes. It terminated in Sweetgrass, MT, where you would walk across the border into adjacent Coutts, AB. Then a connecting Greyhound Lines of Canada bus would continue up to Calgary.