Newport station (Arkansas)
Newport | |||||||||||
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Newport station in September 2012 | |||||||||||
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Station code | NPT | ||||||||||
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Opened | September 15, 1974[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | April 14, 1996[1] | ||||||||||
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Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport | |||||||||||
Location | NW of jct. of Walnut and Front Sts., Newport, Arkansas | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°36′23″N 91°17′0″W / 35.60639°N 91.28333°W | ||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
Built | 1904 | ||||||||||
Built by | Missouri-Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mediterranean | ||||||||||
MPS | Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 92000619[2] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 11, 1992 |
The Newport station, also known as Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport, is a historic railroad station at Walnut and Front Streets in Newport, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story brick and stucco topped by a hip roof, whose wide eaves are supported by large Italianate knee brackets. Its roof, originally slate, is now shingled, detracting from its original Mediterranean styling. A telegrapher's bay extends above the roof line on the track side of the building. The building was built in 1904 by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad to handle passenger and freight traffic.[3]
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Newport_station%2C_March_1990.jpg/220px-Newport_station%2C_March_1990.jpg)
The Missouri-Pacific Railroad ended service on its crack Texas Eagle on April 30, 1971, one day before Amtrak took over passenger services. In March 1974, Amtrak's Inter-American was extended from Fort Worth to St. Louis, restoring passenger service to the Missouri-Pacific Railroad's main line. On September 15, 1974, stops were added at the former Missouri-Pacific stations in Walnut Ridge and Newport.[1] The Inter-American was replaced by the Eagle in 1981, which in turn was renamed as the Texas Eagle in 1988.[1]
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] Service to Newport was ended on April 14, 1996, as part of a deal with the Union Pacific Railroad to add the stop at Mineola.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "TEXAS EAGLE ROUTE - HISTORICAL TIMELINE". Texas Eagle Marketing and Performance Organization. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
External links
Media related to Newport (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Railway stations opened in 1904
- Transportation in Jackson County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Arkansas
- Railway stations closed in 1971
- Railway stations opened in 1974
- Railway stations closed in 1996
- Former Amtrak stations in Arkansas
- Former Missouri Pacific Railroad stations
- Upper Delta Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs