Newport station (Delaware)

Newport Railroad Station was a historic railway station located at Newport in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1908 and was a 44 feet, 4 inches, long, one-story frame building in the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. It had a large overhanging hipped roof with exposed rafter ends. It was built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and closed in the late 1940s.[2] It was demolished between 1995 and 2002.

Newport
Stairs leading to the site of the Newport station
General information
Location	112 South James Street, Newport, Delaware
Line(s)	Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Stanton toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Wilmington toward Philadelphia
Newport Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	112 S. James St., Newport, Delaware
Coordinates	39.71211°N 75.60899°W / 39.71211; -75.60899
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	93001515[1]
Added to NRHP	January 21, 1994

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] A transportation study considered the location for a new commuter rail station along SEPTA Regional Rail's Wilmington/Newark Line during the mid-1990s.[3]