- Newton (Amtrak station)
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Newton Station statistics Address 414 North Main Street
Newton, KS, 67114Coordinates 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°WCoordinates: 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°W Lines 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 toward Los AngelesSouthwest Chief toward ChicagoFormer services Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Halsteadtoward Los AngelesMain Line Waltontoward Chicago Dearborn Stationtoward Los AngelesMain Line Major stationsFlorencetoward Chicago Dearborn StationTerminus Newton – Purcell Sedgewicktoward PurcellSanta Fe Depot (a.k.a. Newton Station)Location: Newton, Kansas, USA Coordinates: 38°02′50″N 97°20′40″W / 38.0471°N 97.3444°WCoordinates: 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#: - 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Harvey County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
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Categories:- Amtrak stations in Kansas
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1929
- Buildings and structures in Harvey County, Kansas
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
- Passenger rail transportation in Kansas
- Midwestern United States railway station stubs
- Kansas building and structure stubs
- Kansas Registered Historic Place stubs
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