Newton (Amtrak station)

Newton
Station statistics
Address	414 North Main Street Newton, KS, 67114
Coordinates	38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°W / 38.0471; -97.3444Coordinates: 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°W / 38.0471; -97.3444
Lines	Southwest Chief
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1930
Rebuilt	2008
Accessible
Code	NEW
Owned by	Crossroads Lumber Co., Inc.
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	13,926[1]  9.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Hutchinson toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Topeka toward Chicago     Former services     Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Halstead toward Los Angeles Main Line Walton toward Chicago Dearborn Station Hutchinson toward Los Angeles Main Line Major stations Florence toward Chicago Dearborn Station Terminus Newton – Purcell Sedgewick toward Purcell
Santa Fe Depot (a.k.a. Newton Station) U.S. National Register of Historic Places Map of the Kansas Location: Newton, Kansas, USA Coordinates: 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°W / 38.0471; -97.3444Coordinates: 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°W / 38.0471; -97.3444 Built: 1929 Architect: E.H. Harrison & M. R. Stauffer Architectural style: Tudor Revival NRHP Reference#: 85000735 Added to NRHP: 1985

The Newton Amtrak station is a train station in Newton, Kansas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built as an Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad station in 1929, and was modeled after William Shakespeare's house in Stratford-on-Avon. Newton Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[2]

Of the six Kansas stations served by Amtrak, Newton was the busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 38 passengers daily.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/KANSAS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
2. ^ Harvey County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Newton, KS
• Newton Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)