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}} Kingston Railroad Station is a historic railroad station located on the Northeast Corridor in the village of West Kingston, in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. It was built at this location in 1875 by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, replacing earlier stations dating back to the opening of the line in 1837. Part of the station building is now a railway museum, while the other serves as a waiting room for Amtrak passengers. Although it currently only sees intercity service, with 9 daily ''Northeast Regional'' trains in each direction, Kingston is a proposed stop for commuter service to Providence and Boston as an extension of the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line. ==History== The New York, Providence and Boston Railroad opened in November 1837. Since its tracks did not go through the village of Kingston, a new village - West Kingston - sprang up around the railroad station on Waites Corner Road.〔 The Kingston Station has continued as a railroad station from the day it opened in June 1875 to the present. Historically, Kingston station also served the Narragansett Pier Railroad. Travel time for the trip between Kingston and Narragansett Pier was approximately 20 minutes before passenger service ended unofficially in June, 1952. (In 2000 the former right-of-way was converted into the William C. O’Neill Bike Path.) By the 1960s, service to Kingston station consisted of regional service from Boston to New York City, plus a single commuter round trip from New London to Boston. When Amtrak took over intercity service from Penn Central in May 1971, Penn Central was not given license to discontinue the commuter trip. When permission was given in 1972, it was replaced with a state-funded Westerly-Providence round trip also stopping at Kingston.〔 This trip lasted until June 1977. From September 1976 to October 1977 and January–April 1978 Amtrak's ''Clamdigger'' ran local service from Providence to New Haven with a stop at Kingston. The ''Beacon Hill'' replaced the ''Clamdigger'' in April 1978, running local from New Haven to Boston. Faced with declining ridership and the loss of state subsidies, the ''Beacon Hill'' was discontinued effective October 24, 1981, leaving Kingston with just intercity stopping service. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1975.〔 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. Although most ''Northeast Regional'' trains stop at Kingston, ''Acela Express'' trains do not. Kingston is located on one of several sections of track where the ''Acela Express'' is permitted to run at its full speed. Kingston and Mansfield are the only stations where the ''Acela'' will pass through at full speed on tracks adjacent to platforms.〔Attleboro, T. F. Green Airport, and Wickford Junction are also located on sections, but these stations have platform tracks not normally used by the ''Acela''.〕 Signs and automated announcements warn passengers of the potential danger. Since it is the only station between New London and Providence which can deboard passengers from ''Acela'' trains, they occasionally do stop at Kingston in emergencies such as downed wires or problems with the locomotives.〔Although Kingston does not currently have full-length high platforms, the mini-high platforms are sufficient for deboarding passengers if required. Of the other stations between New London and Providence, Mystic and Westerly have only low-level platforms, while the platforms at T. F. Green Airport and Wickford Junction are located on non-electrified sidings.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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