Williston station

{{for|the Long Island Rail Road station in East Williston, New York|East Williston station}}

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{{Infobox station

| style=Amtrak

| name=Williston, ND

| image=Williston-Amtrak.JPG

| image_caption=

| address=1 South Main Street
Williston, North Dakota

| country = United States

| coordinates={{coord|48.1429|-103.6211|type:railwaystation_region:US-ND|display=inline,title}}

| line=BNSF Glasgow Subdivision

| other=

| platform=1 side platform

| tracks=8

| parking=Yes

| bicycle=

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Williston}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationND}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| opened=June 18, 1893{{sfn|Allen|1893|p=500}}{{cite news |title=The Railroads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89388103/great-northern-june-18-1893/ |access-date=November 22, 2021 |work=The Detroit Free Press |date=June 18, 1893 |page=19|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| rebuilt=1910, 2010

| accessible=Yes

| code={{Amtrak code|WTN}}

| owned=BNSF Railway

| zone=

| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Empire Builder|left=Wolf Point|right=Stanley}}

|other_services_header = Former services

|other_services_collapsible = yes

|other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Great Northern Railway|line=Main Line|left=Trenton|right=Avoca}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}}

}}

Williston station is a train station in Williston, North Dakota, served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The brick station was built in 1910 by the Great Northern Railway[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/WTN/Station_view Williston, North Dakota; Great American Stations (Amtrak)] and is located at the southern end of Williston's downtown. An interior and exterior restoration, begun in 2010 and costing almost $2 million, has returned the station to its original look.

With the opening of the Bakken oil fields in the 21st century, many oil production workers now also board and detrain in Williston, adding additional passengers to the route. Many workers from as far as the Pacific Northwest opt to travel to their jobs via the station rather than fly or take the bus.{{cite news|url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2014/02/16/commuting-by-rail/5490671/|title=Commuting by rail: Amtrak's Empire Builder gives Bakken oil field workers affordable option to travel home|publisher=Great Falls Tribune|date=February 14, 2014}} Amtrak conductors frequently let passengers use Williston as an unofficial smoke break or fresh air stop, partly due to delays caused by the sheer volume of passengers boarding and alighting at the station.

Ridership at the station had a particular spike in Amtrak's 2012 fiscal year, when ridership grew by almost 82 percent to 54,324 from 29,920 the year before (though 2011 ridership had been partly degraded due to flooding along the route).{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of North Dakota|publisher= Amtrak |date= November 2011 |url= http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NORTHDAKOTA11.pdf |accessdate= 23 February 2015}}{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of North Dakota|publisher= Amtrak |date= November 2012 |url= http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NORTHDAKOTA12.pdf |accessdate= 23 February 2015}} This patronage continued even in the wake of terrible delays that plagued the Empire Builder for much of 2013 and 2014 due to increased freight traffic related to the Bakken boom.

As of fiscal year 2018, Williston is North Dakota's second busiest Amtrak station, behind Minot.