Delray Beach (Tri-Rail station)
| Delray Beach Amtrak station SFRTA – Tri-Rail |
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 Northbound Tri-Rail arriving at the station |
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| Address | 345 South Congress Avenue Delray Beach, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 26°27′15″N 80°05′27″W / 26.454215°N 80.090934°WCoordinates: 26°27′15″N 80°05′27″W / 26.454215°N 80.090934°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Amtrak: SFRTA: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Palm Tran |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 26, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2004–2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | DLB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Florida Department of Transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 12,696 (Amtrak)[1]  9.2% |
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Delray Beach Station is a train station in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, which is served by Tri-Rail and Amtrak. It is located on South Congress Avenue (SR 807), south of West Atlantic Avenue (SR 806) and east of State Road 9.
The station officially opened in 1991 after legal squabbles and poor access led Tri-Rail to abandon the historic former Seaboard Air Line Railway depot located a few blocks north. Amtrak, which had also been using the old Seaboard depot, moved to the station in 1995.[2] Its Silver Meteor and Silver Star stop at the station, which was remodeled between 2004 and 2006 to accommodate a second track.
Of the eighteen Florida stations served by Amtrak, Delray Beach was the seventeenth-busiest in FY2011, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 35 passengers daily.[1]
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[edit] Transit connections
[edit] Palm Tran
| Route # | Route Name | Schedule & map |
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| 2 | Town Center Mall ↔ VA Medical Center via Congress Ave |
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| 70 | Town Center Mall ↔ Lantana and Lake Worth via Seacrest Blvd |
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| 81 | Delray Beach Crosstown (Federal Highway via Atlantic Avenue, Jog Blvd, and Oriole Blvd) |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/FLORIDA11.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ Becker, Lara (Dec. 11, 1996). "New Life Envisioned For Railway Depot". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-12-11/news/9612110070_1_depot-train-station-railway. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
[edit] External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Delray Beach, FL
- South Florida Regional Transportation Authority – Delray Beach station
- Delray Beach Amtrak/Tri-Rail Station (USA Rail Guide – TrainWeb)
- Station from I-95 from Google Maps Street View
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