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 Newport News station building, June 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 9304Warwick Boulevard Newport News, Virginia United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°01′22″N76°27′07″W / 37.0228°N 76.4519°W /37.0228; -76.4519 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak, CSX and Newport News Parking Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | CSXPeninsula Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Amtrak ThruwayHampton Roads Transit: 106, 107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak:NPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IATA code | ZWW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 124,877[1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newport News station was anAmtrakinter-city train station inNewport News, Virginia. When it closed, it was the southern terminus of two dailyNortheast Regional round trips. It has a singleside platform adjacent to a largeCSX rail yard. AnAmtrak Thruway motorcoach connection toNorfolk station effectively doubles the frequency between each station and Washington. It was replaced by theNewport News Transportation Center.
TheChesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) underCollis Potter Huntington completed thePeninsula Extension to the small town ofNewport News in 1881. This allowed the C&O to transport West Virginia coal to Hampton Roads – the largestwarm-water port on the East Coast – and directly compete with theNorfolk and Western Railway. Between the coal exports and Huntington'sNewport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News soon became a major shipping and industrial area.[2]
Ferry service betweenNorfolk and Newport News began in 1883, though the first passenger train station at Newport News was not built until 1892.[3] The multi-story brick structure,Victorian with a large clock tower,[4] was built on the waterfront at 23rd Street. Atrain shed stretched onto a pier so that passengers could transfer directly between trains and ferries.[2]
By the 1930s, the station was in poor shape, having settled significantly due to the soft soil. It was demolished in 1940 and replaced with a smaller two-story brick station.[3] The new station was constructed on a concrete base 1 foot (0.30 m) above the1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane flood level, and its pilings were driven 90 feet (27 m) underground to prevent settling.[3]
Between 1953 and 1954, the C&O stopped usingPhoebus, Virginia to the east as the terminus of its Norfolk/Hampton Roads area passenger trains. The company shifted that terminus, by then being for theGeorge Washington and other passenger trains, to Newport News station.[5][6]
WhenAmtrak took over intercity passenger service in the United States on May 1, 1971, the C&O had served Newport News with three daily round trips: the Newport News sections of theGeorge Washington andFast Flying Virginian/Sportsman, plus a Newport News-Richmond trip.[7]
Amtrak kept only one daily round trip to Newport News – a section of the Newport News-CincinnatiGeorge Washington. It was combined with theJames Whitcomb Riley on July 12, 1971, to provide through service to Chicago.[8]: 38 TheGeorge Washington name was used for the eastbound section until May 19, 1974.[8]: 41 On June 14, 1976, the Newport News section of theRiley was replaced with the Washington-Newport NewsColonial.[2]
Ferry service had been replaced by buses through theHampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel upon its 1957 opening, making the waterfront location less desirable for a train station. The station was moved to its current location along the CSX line in October 1981. The 1940-built station remains standing and now serves as a restaurant.[3]
Service was reduced to one daily round trip from 2020 to July 11, 2022.[9]
The current facility was planned to be replaced with two new stations—a large intermodal station near theNewport News/Williamsburg International Airport and a smaller station in downtown Newport News. The city planned to begin design work for the larger station in the summer of 2011, for an opening sometime before 2016.[10] Construction for the new intermodal station near the airport began in July 2020. The project will cost $47 million and was originally expected to be completed by the summer of 2022.[11] Amtrak service to the new station started on August 22, 2024.[12]
A thirdNortheast Regional weekday round trip is planned, as of 2020, under a major spending initiative by theVirginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.[13]
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