Newton station (Kansas)

Newton
North side of depot in 2007
General information
Location	414 North Main Street Newton, KS, 67114
Owned by	Crossroads Lumber Co., Inc.
Line(s)	Southwest Chief
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	NEW
History
Opened	1930
Rebuilt	2008
Passengers
2015	13,010  1.1%
Services
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Santa Fe Depot (a.k.a. Newton Station)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Newton, Kansas, USA
Coordinates	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 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. Newton Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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

• 
  1915 Railroad Map of Harvey County
• 
  Downtown Newton (2006), depot on right
• 
  Warkentin Mill (1905), southwest of station
• 
  Newton Carnegie Library (1912) is now a museum, 3 blocks south of station

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)