Newton station (Kansas)

Newton, KS
North side of depot in 2007
Location 414 North Main Street
Newton, KS, 67114
Owned by Crossroads Lumber Co., Inc.
Line(s) BNSF Railway La Junta Subdivision
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code NEW
History
Opened 1930
Rebuilt 2008
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 15,828[1] Increase 15.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Southwest Chief
toward Chicago
  Former services  
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Halstead
toward Los Angeles
Main Line
Walton
toward Los Angeles
Main Line
Major stations
Florence
TerminusNewton – Purcell
Sedgwick
toward Purcell
Santa 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°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

Newton is a train station in Newton, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. It is the nearest station to Kansas' largest city, Wichita.

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.[2]

Local colleges

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Harvey County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places


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