Editing Billings, Montana (section)

====Rail====
There is currently no service, though until 1979 [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[North Coast Hiawatha]]'' stopped at the [[Billings Depot]], serving a Chicago to [[Seattle]] route. Before Amtrak, Billings was well-served by [[Northern Pacific Railway|Northern Pacific]], [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern]], and [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroads]] with direct routes to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Denver]], Chicago, [[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls]], and the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]. (Billings was the northern and western terminus for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad).

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority was formed in 2020 to advocate for restoring Amtrak's ''North Coast Hiawatha'' route. In 2023, the organization was awarded $500,000 by the [[Corridor Identification and Development Program]] to explore the proposal's logistics and feasibility. The ''North Coast Hiawatha'' received further recognition from its identification in the 2024 Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eggert|first=Amanda|date=February 21, 2024|title=Long-distance rail route through southern Montana garners another nod from feds|url=https://montanafreepress.org/2024/02/21/long-distance-rail-route-through-southern-montana-garners-another-nod-from-feds/|publisher=Montana Free Press|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref>