Newton station (Kansas)

Newton
North side of depot in 2007
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
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NEW
History
Opened	1930
Rebuilt	2008
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	13,010[1]  1.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Hutchinson toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Topeka toward Chicago   Former services   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Halstead toward Los Angeles Main Line Walton toward Chicago Dearborn Station Hutchinson toward Los Angeles Main Line Major stations Florence toward Chicago Dearborn Station Terminus Newton – Purcell Sedgwick toward Purcell
Santa Fe Depot (a.k.a. Newton Station)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Map of the Kansas
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

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.^[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

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Kansas" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
2. Harvey County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Newton, KS
• Newton Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• 1930 station history, specialcollections.wichita.edu
• Newton, KS (NEW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)