Kingston Railroad Station /

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 with 16 Northeast Regional trains each day on the Northeast Corridor from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C. Although the station is on the Acela Express route, Acela trains do not stop at this station, except for unscheduled maintenance. 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. Because of this, it is popular among railfanners. 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. In 2009, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation requested American Recovery and Reinvestment