Surviving Minnesota Railroad Stations

Ada: The passenger station originally built by the Great Northern Railway here still stands.

Afton: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Bayport.

Aitkin: The passenger station originally built by the Northern Pacific Railway here still stands, home of the Aitkin Historical Society Depot Museum.

Albany: The passenger station originally built by the Great Northern Railway here still stands, home of the Central Minnesota Model Railway Club.

Albert Lea: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stand. Also, the passenger depots originally built by the Rock Island and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad here still stand.

Alexandria: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Almelund: The passenger station originally built by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad here still stands, owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum, moved to Bayport.

Amboy: The passenger station originally built by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad here still stands, used as a museum.

Annadale: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Appleton: The passenger stations originally built by the Great Northern Railway and Milwaukee Road here still stand.

Argyle: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a museum.

Ashby: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Askov: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, home of the Pine County Historical Society.

Atwater: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Austin: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, restored.

Avoca: The passenger station originally built by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad here still stands, moved to Hadley.

Bagley: The passenger station originally built by the GN still stands, moved to Bemidji.

Baker: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Rollag, used as a museum.

Barnesville: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, vacant.

Baudette: The passenger station originally built by the Canadian National Railway here still stands, vacant.

Belview: The passenger station originally built by the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad here still stands, home of the Belview Depot School Museum.

Bemidji: The passenger station originally built by the GN and Soo here still stands, the former home to the Beltrami County History Center.

Benson: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Litchfield, owned by BNSF Railway.

Biscay: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Nowthen, used as a museum.

Bixby: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Owatonna.

Biwabik: The passenger station originally built by the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway here still stands.

Boy River: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Brainerd: The freight station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a business.

Breckenridge: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Brookston: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Browerville: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Brownsdale: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved near Fremont.

Bruno: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a school, moved to Sandstone.

Buffalo: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway.

Buffalo Lake: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Burtrum: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a museum.

Calumet: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Canby: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Cannon Falls: The passenger station originally built by the CGW here still stands.

Carlton: The freight station originally built by the NP here still stands, owned by BNSF.

Cass Lake: The passenger station originally built by the GN and Soo here still stand.

Center City: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a business.

Chanhassen: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Chaska: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad here still stands, used as a business.

Clara City: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Claremont: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, moved to Northfield.

Clearwater: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Clinton: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Clontarf: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Cloverton: The freight station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Cokato: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Dassel, part of the Old Depot Railroad Museum.

Cold Spring: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Collegeville: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Comstock: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Cottonwood: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Cromwell: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Crosby: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, home of the Cuyuna Range Historical Society Museum.

Currie: The passenger station originally built by the CStPM&O here still stands, part of the End O Line Railroad Park and Museum.

Dahlgren: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Farmington, home of the Dakota City Heritage Village.

Dalton: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a museum.

Danube: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Darwin: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Deerwood: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Detroit Lakes: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.

Dexter: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Dilworth: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Dodge Center: The passenger station originally built by the CGW here still stands.

Donnelly: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Downer: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Dumont: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Duluth: The passenger station originally built by the DM&IR here still stands, used as the Duluth Visitors Convention Bureau. Also, Duluth Union Station remains

Ebro: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Shelvin, used as a museum.

Eden Valley: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, moved to St. Cloud.

Eldred: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Erhard: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Erskine: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, vacant.

Euclid The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, abandoned.

Eveleth: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the DM&IR here still stand, used as businesses.

Excelsior: The passenger station originally built by the M&StL here still stands, used as a museum.

Fairfax: The passenger station originally built by the M&StL here still stands, used as a museum.

Fairmont: The passenger station originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands.

Faribault: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business. Also, the former Rock Island passenger depot here remains, used as a business.

Farwell: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Federal Dam: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, moved to Hastings, used as a museum.

Fergus Falls: The passenger stations originally built by the GN and NP here still stand.

Finlayson: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Floodwood: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a visitors center.

Foreston: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Milaca, privately owned.

Freeport: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, vacant.

Fulda: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Garfield: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned, moved to Leaf Valley.

Georgetown: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Glencoe: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Glenwood: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Glyndon: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Goodhue: The passenger station originally built by the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern Railroad here still stands.

Granada: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Butterfield.

Grand Falls: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Grand Rapids: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a welcome center.

Granite Falls: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Green Valley: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Greenbush: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Grey Eagle: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a business.

Groningen: The passenger station originally built by the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad here still stands, moved to Chisago City, home of the Ironhorse Museum.

Grove City: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Hallock: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Halstad: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Hancock: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Hanley Falls: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Harmony: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Hastings: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, owned by Canadian Pacific.

Hector: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Bird Island.

Hendricks: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, home of the Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Herman: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Hibbing: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Hills: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Hinckley: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, home of the Hinckley Fire Museum.

Hitterdal: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a museum.

Holland: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Holloway: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to near Clontarf.

Holt: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Greenbush.

Hopkins: The passenger stations originally built by the M&StL and Milwaukee Road here still stand.

Humboldt: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Hallock.

Huntley: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Hutchinson: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, home of the McLeod County Historical Society.

International Falls: The passenger stations originally built by the NP and Minnesota, Dakota & Western Railway here still stand.

Isanti: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Isle: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, moved to Wahkon, used as a business.

Ivanhoe: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Jasper: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business, moved to Luverne.

Johnson: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Kandiyohi: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, home of the Kandiyohi County Historical Society, moved to Willmar.

Karlstad: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Kensington: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, used as a museum.

Kilkenny: The freight station originally built by the M&StL here still stands, home of the Gopher State Railroad Museum.

Kingsdale: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Klossner: The passenger station originally built by the M&StL here still stands.

Knife River: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway here still stands, both vacant.

Lake Bronson: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, used as a museum.

Lake Hubert: The passenger station originally built by the Minnesota & International Railway here still stands.

Lamberton: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Le Center: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.

Leonard: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, moved to Brooks.

Lengby: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Lester Prairie: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Little Falls: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a municipal building.

Long Prairie: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Lowry: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Lucan: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, home of the Lucan Historical Society Depot Museum.

Luverne: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Mankato: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a business.

Manley: The passenger station originally built by the CStPM&O here still stands, moved to Beaver Creek.

Mantorville: The passenger station originally built by the CGW here still stands, used as a business.

Maple: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Maple Plain: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved near Watertown.

Marshall: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, owned by BNSF.

Maynard: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

McGregor: The passenger station originally built by the Soo Line here still stands.

Menahga: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Middle River: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Milaca: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Milan: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Minneapolis: The passenger stations originally built by the GN and Milwaukee Road here still stand. Also, the freight stations of the Milwaukee Road and CMStP&O remain.

Minnehaha: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum.

Moose Lake: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, used as a museum.

Montevideo: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

Montrose: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Mora: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Morgan: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Morris: The passenger station originally built by the GN and NP here still stands.

Mound: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Mountain Lake: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Nesbitt: The passenger station originally built by the Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway here still stands, owned by CP.

New Brighton: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

New Germany: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

New London: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

New Prague: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the M&StL here still stands, the latter part of the Gopher State Railroad Museum.

New Ulm: The passenger station originally built by the CStPM&O here still stands.

Newfolden: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, privately owned.

Nisswa: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a museum.

Norcross: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

North St. Paul: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, used as a museum.

Northcote: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Northfield: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road and Rock Island here still stands, owned by Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific.

Noyes: The passenger station originally built by the GN and Soo here still stands, owned by CP and BNSF.

Oakland: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Austin, used as a museum.

Onamia: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Orchard Garden: The passenger station originally built by the Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway here still stands, restored.

Orr: The passenger station originally built by the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway here still stands, used as a business

Owantonna: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW and Milwaukee Road here still stand.

Palisade: The passenger station originally built by the Soo Line here still stands, privately owned.

Paynesville: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Peterson: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, home of the Peterson Historical Museum.

Pine Island: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Pine River: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Pipestone: The passenger station originally built by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway here still stands, privately owned.

Plato: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, vacant.

Princeton: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a museum.

Quamba: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Randolph: The passenger station originally built by the CGW here still stands.

Rapidan: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, home of the Rapidan Heritage Society.

Red Lake Falls: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Red Wing: The passenger stations originally built by the CGW and Milwaukee Road here still stand, the latter used as an Amtrak stop.

Redwood Falls: The freight station originally built by the M&StL here still stands.

Remer: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, vacant.

Renville: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Clara City.

Revere: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, moved to Walnut Grove, home of the Laura Ingels Wilder Museum.

Richmond: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Rochester: The passenger station originally built by the CGW here still stands, used as a business.

Roseau: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Roseport: The passenger station originally built by the CGW here still stands.

Rothsay: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Rushford: The passenger station originally built by the Southern Minnesota Railway here still stands, used as a museum.

Rushmore: The passenger station originally built by the CStPM&O here still stands.

Rustad: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Moorehead.

Ruthton: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Rutledge: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, moved to St. Paul, home of the Jackson Street Roundhouse Museum (part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum).

Sacred Heart: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Salol: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Sanborn: The freight station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Sandstone: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Sauk Center: The passenger stations originally built by the GN and NP here still stand.

Savage: The passenger station originally built by the CMStP&O here still stands.

Shakopee: The passenger station originally built by the CMStP&O here still stands, used as a business. Also, a Milwaukee Road passenger depot here was moved to Murphy's Landing, used as a business.

Sherman: The passenger station originally built by the Minnesota Western Railway here still stands, vacant.

Sleepy Eye: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the C&NW here still stand.

Spicer: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, used as a business.

Spring Park: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, owned by BNSF.

St. Cloud: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, owned by BNSF. Also, the former NP passenger station here remains, used as an Amtrak stop.

St. Hilaire: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

St. James: The passenger stations originally built by the Milwaukee Road and C&StPM&O here still stand.

St. Louis Park: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a museum.

St. Paul: St. Paul Union Station remains. Also, freight depots of the CGW and NP still stand.

Staples: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.

Starbuck: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a museum.

Steen: The passenger station originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands, used as a business, moved to Hills.

Stephen: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands.

Stillwater: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stand, the former part of the Stillwater Logging & Railroad Museum.

Syre: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, moved to Ada, home of the Norman County Historical Society Museum.

Tamarack: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, privately owned.

Taylor Falls: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a museum.

Thief River Falls: The passenger stations originally built by the GN and Soo here still stand. A second Soo passenger station here remains, originally from the now-gone town of Anita, privately owned.

Tower: The passenger station originally built by the Duluth, Minnesota & Northern Railway (predecessor of the DM&IR) here still stands.

Tracy: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands.

Twig: The passenger station originally built by the DW&P here still stands, owned by CN.

Two Harbors: The passenger station originally built by the DM&IR here still stands, home of the Lake County Historical Society Museum.

Ulen: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Underwood: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stand, used as a business.

Vermillion: The passenger station originally built by the Hastings & Dakota Railroad here still stands, privately owned.

Viking: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, moved to Thief River Falls, home of the Pennington County Historical Society.

Villard: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Virginia: The passenger station originally built by the DW&P here still stands.

Wadena: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands, used as a museum.

Walnut Grove: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, privately owned.

Walters: The passenger station originally built by the Rock Island here still stands.

Wanamingo: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Warren: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, used as a museum.

Warroad: The passenger station originally built by the CN here still stands.

Waseca: The passenger stations originally built by the C&NW and M&StL here still stand. Also, the M&StL freight depot here remains.

Watson: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, abandoned.

Waubun: The freight station originally built by the Soo here still stands.

Wayzata: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, home of the Wayzata Historical Society.

Webster: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Hampton, used as a museum.

Welcome: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Fairmont, used as a museum.

Wells: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, vacant.

West Union: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Westbrook: The passenger station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a museum.

Whalen: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.

Wheaton: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, home of the Traverse County Historical Society.

White Bear Lake: The passenger station originally built by the NP here still stands.

Willmar: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, owned by BNSF.

Wilpen: The passenger station originally built by the DM&IR here still stands, moved to Chisholm, used as a museum.

Winger: The passenger station originally built by the Soo here still stands, used as a business.

Winona: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, the former used as an Amtrak stop. Also, the former freight depot of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad here still stands, used as a business.

Winsted: The passenger station originally built by the Minnesota Western here still stands, privately owned.

Wirock: The passenger station originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, moved to Worthington, used as a museum.

Wolverton: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Worthington: The passenger station originally built by the CStPM&O here still stands, owned by UP.

Zimmerman: The passenger station originally built by the GN here still stands, privately owned.

Zumbrota: The freight station originally built by the CGW here still stands, moved to Hastings, used as a museum. Also, a Milwaukee Road passenger depot here remains, abandoned.

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