Essex station (Montana)
Essex station is a 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 about nearby. There currently is no station building at Essex - passengers are shuttled directly to the Inn. Between 1970 and 1985 there were no regular stops 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.