Today (as of 2010), BNSF's Northern Transcon travels up the Staples Subdivision instead, which is a more direct route to Fargo, North Dakota.
At the south end, it meets the Wayzata Subdivision line to Minneapolis, and the Marshall Subdivision to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
There is also a connection to the Appleton Subdivision in Benson and a BNSF branch line in Morris, Minnesota.
[4] Amtrak's Empire Builder, originally a Great Northern train, used to go along this route until service to the Minneapolis Great Northern Depot ended in the late 1970s and Amtrak trains were routed to Midway station in Saint Paul instead.
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