Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)

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Kingston Station
Historic station building, renovated in early 2000s.
Station statistics
Address 1 Railroad Avenue
West Kingston, RI
Lines
Northeast Regional
Platforms 2
Other information
Opened June 1875
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code KIN
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Northeast Regional
Kingston Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island) (Rhode Island)
Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)
Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Coordinates: 41°29′3″N 71°33′39″W / 41.48417, -71.56083Coordinates: 41°29′3″N 71°33′39″W / 41.48417, -71.56083
Built/Founded: 1875
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): Stick/Eastlake
Added to NRHP: April 26, 1978
NRHP Reference#: 78000018

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Governing body: Private

Kingston Station is located at 1 Railroad Avenue, in West Kingston, Rhode Island. It was built at this location in 1875 by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, also known as the Stonington Line.

The Kingston Station has continued as a railroad station from the day it opened in June 1875 to the present. Amtrak serves Kingston Station and with 16 Northeast Regional trains each day on the Northeast Corridor from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C.

An Acela Express train passing through Kingston at 150 mph (240 km/h)
An Acela Express train passing through Kingston at 150 mph (240 km/h)

Although the station is on the Acela Express route, Acela trains do not stop at this station, except for unscheduled maintenance.[2] They frequently pass through this station at speeds of up to 150 mph (240 km/h), since the station is located in the middle of one of two sections of the Northeast Corridor where these speeds are permitted.

An organization called The Friends of Kingston Station was instrumental in preserving the station and assuring its restoration after a fire there on December 12, 1988. The Rhode Island Railroad Museum is located in the southern half of the station building; it is free and open on weekend afternoons and by appointment.

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1978.[3]

[edit] References

  • McCabe, Martha (2000). The Kingston Train Station - A History. RI: Great Swamp Grahpics. 
  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ "Acela Halted at Kingston for speeding again?" (Winter 2008). Friends of Kingston station newsletter. “Yes, every so often the Acela actually has been witnessed at a full stop in front of the Kingston Station. On Labor Day weekend of 2007, the crowds had a real show! ... A regularly scheduled Acela to New York encountered a pantagraph problem which required attention, so it was decided by the dispatchers to transfer the travelers to the following Acela set and bring it up on the station side.” 
  3. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. United States National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.

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