Newton station (Kansas)
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Location | 414 North Main Street Newton, KS, 67114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Crossroads Lumber Co., Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | NEW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015 | 13,010[1] 1.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Fe Depot (a.k.a. Newton Station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Newton, Kansas, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | E.H. Harrison & M. R. Stauffer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Tudor Revival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 85000735 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | 1985 |
Newton is a train station in Newton, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train.
History
The station was originally built in a Tudor Revival style by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1929, and was modeled after William Shakespeare's house in Stratford-on-Avon.[citation needed] Newton Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[2]
Local colleges
- Bethel College, north 1.9 miles (3.1 km) in North Newton.
- Hesston College, northwest 8.4 miles (13.5 km) in Hesston.
- Tabor College, northeast 24.7 miles (39.8 km) in Hillsboro.
- Wichita State University, south 25.2 miles (40.6 km) in Wichita.
See also
- La Junta Subdivision, branch of the BNSF Railway
Gallery
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1915 Railroad Map of Harvey County
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Downtown Newton (2006), depot on right
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Warkentin Mill (1905), southwest of station
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Newton Carnegie Library (1912) is now a museum, 3 blocks south of station
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Harvey County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
External links
- Newton, KS – Amtrak
- Newton, KS – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Newton Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- 1930 station history, specialcollections.wichita.edu
- Newton, KS (NEW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
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
- National Register of Historic Places in Harvey County, Kansas
- Midwestern United States railway station stubs
- Kansas building and structure stubs
- Kansas transportation stubs
- Kansas Registered Historic Place stubs