Newton station (Kansas) explained

Newton, KS

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October 9, 1930^[1]

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2008

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Crossroads Lumber Co., Inc.

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Santa Fe Depot (Newton Station)
Coordinates:	38.0471°N -97.3444°W
Built:	1929
Architect:	E.H. Harrison & M. R. Stauffer
Architecture:	Tudor Revival
Added:	1985
Refnum:	85000735

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

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opened to Newton in 1930. The current station building was constructed in a Tudor Revival – modeled after William Shakespeare's house in Stratford-on-Avon – in 1929–30. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[2] In 2021, Amtrak proposed to extend the Heartland Flyer to Newton to connect with the Southwest Chief.^[3]

External links

1930 station history, specialcollections.wichita.edu

Notes and References

News: Emporians Celebrate at Newton . January 1, 2020 . The Emporia Weekly Gazette . October 16, 1930 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
Web site: Newton, KS (NEW) . Amtrak . Great American Stations.
Web site: Heartland Flyer Extension . Amtrak.