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Newton station 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 . The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opened to Newton in 1930.
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 18,602. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Newton is located 25 miles (40 km) north of Wichita .
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...
KKGQ (92.3 FM) is an American 100 kW radio station operating in Wichita, and licensed to Newton, Kansas.KKGQ airs a sports talk format, branded as "ESPN Wichita 92.3." KKGQ's studios are located on McLean Boulevard (next to Equity Bank Park) in Wichita, and their transmitter is located on Cow Palace Road on the south side of Newton.
The Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway (AVI) was an interurban railway that operated in Kansas, United States, from 1910 to 1938 for passengers and to 1942 for freight, running between Wichita, Newton, and Hutchinson. [1] It operated a small fleet of electrically powered passenger and freight equipment.
U.S. Route 50 (US-50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1869, the first general office building of the company was built in Topeka. This building also served as a passenger station and freight depot. When the line was extended to Newton, Kansas in 1871, the railroad became a major cattle shipper to ensure a steady revenue stream, at the end of Texas cattle drive trails.
A major highway US-50 and a railroad BNSF Railway pass through Walton Township. US-50 was originally the New Santa Fe Trail and roughly parallels the BNSF Railway. The Amtrak Southwest Chief stops in nearby Newton twice each day and provides passenger rail service towards Los Angeles and Chicago. See Newton (Amtrak station).