Newton station (Kansas)
Newton, KS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 North side of depot in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 414 North Main Street Newton, Kansas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Crossroads Lumber Co., Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF La Junta Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: NEW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 9, 1930[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 16,772[2] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Fe Depot (Newton Station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Newton, Kansas, US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | E.H. Harrison & M. R. Stauffer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 85000735 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newton station is a train station in Newton, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. It is the nearest station to Kansas' largest city, Wichita.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opened to Newton in 1930. The current station building was constructed in a Tudor Revival – modeled after William Shakespeare's house in Stratford-on-Avon – in 1929–30. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[3] In 2021, Amtrak proposed to extend the Heartland Flyer to Newton to connect with the Southwest Chief.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Emporians Celebrate at Newton". The Emporia Weekly Gazette. Emporia, Kansas. October 16, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved January 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ^ "Newton, KS (NEW)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
- ^ "Heartland Flyer Extension" (PDF). Amtrak.
External links
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Media related to Newton station (Kansas) at Wikimedia Commons
- Newton, KS – Amtrak
- Newton, KS – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- 1930 station history, specialcollections.wichita.edu
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