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Station code | NPT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | September 15, 1974 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 14, 1996 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | NW of jct. of Walnut and Front Sts., Newport, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°36′23″N91°17′0″W / 35.60639°N 91.28333°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built by | Missouri-Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mediterranean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPS | Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 92000619 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 11, 1992 |
The Newport station, also known as Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport, is a historic railroad station at Walnut and Front Streets in Newport, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story brick and stucco topped by a hip roof, whose wide eaves are supported by large Italianate knee brackets. Its roof, originally slate, is now shingled, detracting from its original Mediterranean styling. A telegrapher's bay extends above the roof line on the track side of the building. The building was built in 1904 by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad to handle passenger and freight traffic. [3]
The Missouri-Pacific Railroad ended service on its crack Texas Eagle on April 30, 1971, one day before Amtrak took over passenger services. In March 1974, Amtrak's Inter-American was extended from Fort Worth to St. Louis, restoring passenger service to the Missouri-Pacific Railroad's main line. In June 1974, Amtrak announced that they would test ridership in northeastern Arkansas by implementing a stop in Newport. [4] On September 15, 1974, stops were added at the former Missouri-Pacific stations in Walnut Ridge and Newport. [1] The Inter-American was replaced by the Eagle in 1981, which in turn was renamed as the Texas Eagle in 1988. [1]
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [2] Service to Newport was ended on April 14, 1996, as part of a deal with the Union Pacific Railroad to add the stop at Mineola. [1]
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