| Timetable City ♥︎ | --:--:--- | ||||
| ✧ Minnesota ✧ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | |||||
| Northstar Line service has been discontinued. For transportation options in the corridor, look here. Thank you for the ride. | |||||
| La Crosse — Twin Cities — St. Cloud — Grand Forks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Read down ↓ | — | ↑ Read up ↑ | ||||
| 1333 | 7 | 27 | 8 | 28 | 1340 | |
| Borealis | Empire Builder | Empire Builder | Borealis | |||
| from Chicago |
from Chicago |
CITY | to Chicago |
to Chicago |
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| 4:11p | 8:04p | La Crosse Wisconsin |
11:37a | 2:17p | ||
| 4:45p | Ar 8:34p Dp 8:40p |
Winona | Dp 11:01a Ar 10:54a |
1:41p | ||
| 5:47p | 9:42p | Red Wing | 9:44a | 12:37p | ||
| 6:41p | Ar 10:56p Dp 11:13p |
St. Paul Union Depot  |
Dp 8:50a Ar 8:33a |
11:49a | ||
| — | Minneapolis Ballpark |
— | ||||
| — | Fridley | — | ||||
| — | Coon Rapids Foley Boulevard |
— | ||||
| — | Coon Rapids Riverdale |
— | ||||
| — | Anoka | — | ||||
| — | Ramsey | — | ||||
| — | Elk River | — | ||||
| — | Big Lake | — | ||||
| 1:09a | St. Cloud | 6:21a | ||||
| 2:10a | Staples | 5:27a | ||||
| 3:06a | Detroit Lakes | 4:27aa | ||||
| 4:13a | Fargo North Dakota |
Dp 3:29a Ar 3:21a |
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| 5:34a | Grand Forks North Dakota |
2:10a | ||||
| to Seattle |
to Portland |
— | from Seattle |
from Portland |
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| ↓ Read down ↓ | ↑ Read up ↑ | |||||
| Did you know? The route used by Amtrak between Chicago and Minneapolis follows that of the Milwaukee Road's famous Hiawatha trains. West of Minneapolis trains operate over the former Northern Pacific main line, which was originally—albeit briefly—abandoned by Amtrak in 1971. It's only after crossing into North Dakota that trains follow the Great Northern's titular Empire Builder to Seattle. | ||||||
| Updated: January 21, 2026 | ||||||