Newark station (Delaware)

This article is about the Amtrak station in Delaware. For the station in New Jersey, see Pennsylvania Station (Newark).

Newark
File:Newark Station.jpg
Location	10 Mopar Drive Newark, DE 19713 United States
Coordinates
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	DART First State: 16, 33, 59, 65 James F. Hall Trail
Construction
Parking	380 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NRK
Fare zone	4 (SEPTA)
History
Opened	1877
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	12,971  12% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Aberdeen toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Wilmington toward Boston South Station or Springfield SEPTA Terminus Wilmington/Newark Line Churchmans Crossing toward Temple University
Newark Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	429 S. College Avenue, Newark, Delaware
Area
Built	1877
Architect	S. T. Fuller
Architectural style	Late Victorian, High Victorian
MPS	Newark MRA
NRHP Reference #	82002346
Added to NRHP	May 07, 1982
Location

Newark is a train station in Newark, Delaware, on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, serving Amtrak Northeast Regional trains and SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line Regional Rail trains.

Service

The Newark station is the southern terminus of weekday service for SEPTA; it does not serve the station on weekends. Like all stations in Delaware, SEPTA service is provided under contract and funded through DART First State.

The station is located at Mopar Drive and South College Avenue, and travelers arriving at the station must walk a few blocks north along South College Avenue to reach the University of Delaware or the businesses centered on Main Street. A 380 space parking lot exists, mostly serving park and ride passengers bound for Wilmington, Delaware, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The James F. Hall trail also runs along the north side of the tracks.

The station building, originally constructed by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in 1877, is adjacent to the southbound platform, and at one time also had connecting branches to Pomeroy, Pennsylvania and Delaware City, Delaware. It is now home to the Newark Historical Society, but does not function as a train station. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 7, 1982. The station is built on a "T" plan with a hipped cross-gable roof and Victorian detailing such as ornamental brackets and sawtooth brickwork.

In 1986, Newark's city council authorized an application for a state of Delaware Bicentennial Improvement Fund grant for the acquisition and redevelopment of the Newark station, and on March 27, 1987, Amtrak deeded the station building to the city. By September, the city had hired John Milner Associates of West Chester, Pa., to develop architectural specifications for restoration. Restoration work encompassed the first floor ticket booths, the ladies' and men's waiting rooms, modernized upstairs offices, and rebuilt canopies on the exterior.

Proposed renovation and upgrades in service

Recently a new federal grant was awarded to upgrade the station into a multi-modal hub. This includes new platform, eliminating grade crossings, upgrades to the adjacent rail yard and new ticketing machines.

Additionally, many track upgrades between Newark and Wilmington are now underway including adding complete third track. This would allow northbound and southbound Amtrak trains unrestricted travel while commuters trains could travel in the third track between local stops.

An extension of Maryland's MARC commuter rail service has been discussed, connecting Newark to Baltimore and Washington D.C.

Previously the plan was to build a new station near Route 72 (Library Avenue) and South Chapel Street (Approximate Location ) is listed on the Federal Transit Administration's "Final Design" list; however, since the University of Delaware's acquisition of land surrounded the existing station the station no longer needs to move to grow.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Newark, DE
• SEPTA station page for Newark
• Newark Amtrak & SEPTA Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
• DART Commuter Rail Improvement Plan
• College Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Newark (NRK)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)