Jacksonville station

Jacksonville station is an Amtrak train station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It serves the Silver Meteor and Silver Star trains as well as the Thruway Motorcoach to Lakeland. The station lies next door to a freight facility with its own platform and is also just east of Norfolk Southern's Simpson Yard.

Jacksonville, FL
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Station entrance
Location3570 Clifford Lane
Jacksonville, Florida 32209
Coordinates30.3661°N 81.72339°W / 30.3661; -81.72339
Owned byAmtrak
Platforms1 island platform, 1 side platform
Tracks4
Connections
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: service to Gainesville and Ocala
JTA Bus: 3
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeJAX
History
Opened1974
Passengers
201770,539[1]  0.03%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Palatka
toward Miami
 Silver Meteor Jesup
toward New York
Silver Star Savannah
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Lake City
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Limited
(1993–2005)
 Palatka
toward Orlando or Miami
Waldo
toward Miami
 Palmetto
(2002–2004)
 Savannah
toward New York
DeLand
toward St. Petersburg
 Floridian
 Waycross
toward Chicago
Waldo
toward Miami
 Floridian
(1971–1979)

History

Amtrak's Northside facility has been in operation since 1974, when it replaced the downtown Union Station, now the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.[2]

Other services once used this station, the Champion, Floridian, Florida Special, Palmetto, Silver Palm, Sunset Limited and Vacationer. In 2004 the Palmetto's route was shortened to end in Savannah, Georgia and in 2005 the Sunset Limited was shortened to end at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Lost Jacksonville: Union Terminal

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