Fort Lauderdale (Tri-Rail station)
| Fort Lauderdale Amtrak station SFRTA – Tri-Rail |
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 Fort Lauderdale Amtrak and former Seaboard Air Line Railway Station (left) and Tri-Rail Station (rear) |
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| Address | 200 SW 21st Terrace Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 26°7′10.09″N 80°10′11.54″W / 26.1194694°N 80.1698722°WCoordinates: 26°7′10.09″N 80°10′11.54″W / 26.1194694°N 80.1698722°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Amtrak: SFRTA: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Broward County Transit (BCT) Metrobus |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bicycle racks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | FTL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Florida Department of Transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 58,907 (Amtrak)[1]  8.2% |
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Fort Lauderdale Station is a train station in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, which is served by Tri-Rail and Amtrak. The station is located on Southwest 21st Terrace, just south of West Broward Boulevard.
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[edit] History
The original station, which is used by Amtrak, is a former Seaboard Air Line Railway depot built in 1927. Designed in the prevalent Mediterranean Revival style by Gustav Maass of the West Palm Beach architectural firm Harvey & Clarke, it is virtually identical to the Hollywood Seaboard station to the south. The station took the place of a temporary structure that had been hastily erected at the end of 1926 to greet the January 1927 arrival of the first Seaboard passenger train in South Florida, the Orange Blossom Special.
The station was served by the Orange Blossom Special until 1953 and, among other Seaboard trains, the Silver Meteor beginning in 1939. Amtrak maintained Silver Meteor service to the station when it took over intercity passenger train service in 1971. Both the Silver Meteor and Amtrak's Silver Star continue to use the station.
The station consists of a passenger waiting room on the northern end and a baggage room in the center section. On the southern end is a freight room, which is used by CSX, the successor to Seaboard. Just south of the street side entry to the passenger waiting room, and representative of the racial segregation laws of the era in which the station was constructed, is the entrance to what had been the "colored" waiting room.
Of the eighteen Florida stations served by Amtrak, Fort Lauderdale was the seventh-busiest in FY2011, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 161 passengers daily.[1]
[edit] Tri-Rail
On January 9, 1989, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority began Tri-Rail service to the station, building additional facilities and a pedestrian overpass just north of the original station. A park and ride lot is available, and is directly accessible via a proprietary exit from Interstate 95 north.
[edit] Transit connections
[edit] BCT
| Route # | Route Name | Route Map | Note |
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| 22 | Central Terminal ↔ Sawgrass Mills Mall or West Regional Terminal via Broward Boulevard (SR 824) | Map |
[edit] Metrobus
| Route # | Route Name | Route Map | Note |
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| 95 | 95 Dade/Broward Express (Downtown Miami ↔ Downtown Fort Lauderdale via Broward Blvd and I-95) | Map | Weekday rush hour only; limited-stop |
[edit] Gallery
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Northwest view of former Seaboard Air Line Railway (now Amtrak) station
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Northeast view of former Seaboard station
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Southwest view of former Seaboard station
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South view of former Seaboard station
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Separate entrance to the former "colored" waiting room of the station
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Amtrak Silver Star and Tri-Rail side-by-side at Fort Lauderdale Station
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The Silver Star beneath a pedestrian bridge
[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.
[edit] External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 1947 photo of Seaboard Air Line steam engine no. 242 leaving Fort Lauderdale
- South Florida Regional Transportation Authority – Fort Lauderdale Station
- May 1995 Photograph (Amtrak Photo Archive)
- Fort Lauderdale Amtrak/Tri-Rail Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
- Station from Google Maps Street View
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