Jacksonville (Amtrak station)

Jacksonville
The front of the station
Station statistics
Address	3570 Clifford Lane Jacksonville, FL 32209
Coordinates	30.3661°N 81.72339°W / 30.3661; -81.72339
Lines	Amtrak:   Silver Meteor   Silver Star
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach JTA K2 & M4 Buses
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Baggage check	Yes
Other information
Opened	1974
Accessible
Code	JAX
Owned by	Amtrak
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	74,733  5.7%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Palatka toward Miami Silver Meteor Jesup toward New York City Silver Star Savannah toward New York City Palatka toward Orlando Sunset Limited service suspended Lake City toward Los Angeles

Jacksonville Amtrak station is a passenger train station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Silver Meteor, Silver Star, and 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.

Of the eighteen Florida stations served by Amtrak, Jacksonville was the fifth-busiest in FY2011, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 205 passengers daily.

History

Amtrak's Clifford Lane facility has been in operation since 1974, when it replaced the downtown Union Terminal.

Two other services once used this station, the Palmetto and Sunset Limited. In 2004 the Palmetto's route was shortened to end in Savannah, GA and in 2005 the Sunset Limited was shortened to end in New Orleans, LA as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

See also

• Union Station (Jacksonville)

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Jacksonville, FL
• Jacksonville Amtrak Station, with Former Jacksonville Union Station (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)