The North Coast Hiawatha, which began just a few weeks after the formation of Amtrak, operated at most daily between Chicago and the Twin Cities and continued west to Seattle via southern North Dakota and Montana three times weekly. Cloud instead of via Willmar in 1979 when the North Coast Hiawatha was discontinued. ![]() The Empire Builder, operating at most daily between Chicago and Seattle/Portland via the Twin Cities and northern North Dakota and Montana, has remained the same in Minnesota to this day except for a change of routing via St. With the formation of Amtrak in 1971 this large system was reduced to a skeletal system of just a few routes, and then just one after 1985.ĭuring the beginning of Amtrak only the Empire Builder served Minnesota. Like most states, Minnesota had a large intercity rail network operated by private freight railroads. History of Intercity Rail in Minnesota Post-Amtrak ![]() After posting about potential rapid transit routes in the Twin Cities here and potential regional rail routes in the Twin Cities here, now is the potential for intercity rail in Minnesota.
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