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 Amtrak Thruway buses 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
Station entrance
General information
Location3570 Clifford Lane
Jacksonville, Florida
United States
Coordinates30.3661°N 81.72339°W / 30.3661; -81.72339
Owned byAmtrak
Platforms1 island platform, 1 side platform
Tracks4 (2 station tracks and 2 house tracks)
Connections Amtrak Thruway to Gainesville and Ocala
JTA Bus: 3
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: JAX
History
Opened1974
Passengers
FY201963,969[1] (Amtrak)
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
(1971–1979)
 Waycross
toward Chicago
Waldo
toward Miami

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, Fiscal Year 2019: State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. Lost Jacksonville: Union Terminal

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