Deerfield Beach station

Deerfield Beach station, also known as the Old Deerfield Beach Seaboard Air Line Railway Station, is a train station in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It is served by Amtrak intercity rail and Tri-Rail commuter rail.

Station NRHP historic marker
Deerfield Beach, FL
Amtrak station
SFRTA Tri-Rail commuter rail station
Location1300 West Hillsboro Boulevard
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Owned byState of Florida
Line(s)South Florida Rail Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Broward County Transit: 48
SFRTA Shuttle: DB 1, DB 2, Deerfield Beach Express I
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeDFB
Fare zone3
History
Opened1926
Rebuilt1990, 2010
Passengers
201330,048[1] 6.6% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Fort Lauderdale
toward Miami
Silver Star Delray Beach
toward New York
Silver Meteor
Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station
Pompano Beach Tri-Rail Boca Raton
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Delray Beach Sunset Limited
1993-1996
Fort Lauderdale
toward Miami
Fort Lauderdale
toward Miami
Palmetto
2002-2004
Delray Beach
toward New York
Floridian Delray Beach
toward Chicago
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Pompano Beach
toward Tampa or Miami
Main Line Delray Beach
toward Richmond
Future services
Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station
Pompano Beach Downtown Miami Link
(TBD)
Boca Raton
Old Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
LocationDeerfield Beach, Florida
Coordinates26°19′01″N 80°7′20″W
ArchitectGustav Maass[2]
Architectural styleMediterranean Revival
NRHP reference No.90000597[3]
Added to NRHP5 April 1990

Located at 1300 West Hillsboro Boulevard (SR 810), just east of North Military Trail (SR 809), the station was built in 1926 by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. It shares the same Mediterranean Revival design as the Delray Beach Seaboard station and the Homestead Seaboard station. Those design features include arched entryways, arcades, stucco walls and a barrel-tiled roof.[4] The station was placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990. It serves the nearby Boca Raton community .

The historic Seaboard Air Line Railway Station also houses the South Florida Railway Museum, which is open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays.[5]

In 2010, the Florida Department of Transportation finished a restoration of the historic station. The $380,000 project included a new roof, interior improvements to the lobby and restrooms, repairs to the exterior walls and installation of new air conditioning units.[4]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms, with parking lots on either side. Buses stop along a bus loop to the west of the southbound platform, while the station house sits adjacent to the northbound platform. A sidewalk grade crossing at the north end of the station provides access between platforms.

P
Platform level
Side platform
Track 1      Tri-Rail toward Miami Airport (Pompano Beach)
     Silver Service toward Miami (Fort Lauderdale)
Track 2      Tri-Rail toward Mangonia Park (Boca Raton)
     Silver Service toward New York (Delray Beach)
Side platform
Street level Entrance/exit, station house, buses, parking

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Florida" (PDF). www.amtrak.com. Amtrak. December 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. Walton, R. Douglas; Briggs, Margaret S. (16 February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Seaboard Air Line Railway Station" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)"Accompanying 7 photos, from April 1989" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory.
  3. "National Register Information System  Old Seaboard Air Line Railway Station (#90000597)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. "Deerfield Beach, FL (DFB)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  5. "History". www.sfrm.org. South Florida Railway Museum.
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