Parking Yes Opened 1927 Rebuilt 1986 Tracks 2 | Bicycle facilities Yes; Bicycle racks Phone +1 800-872-7245 Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 200 SW 21st TerraceFort Lauderdale, Florida Address 200 SW 21st Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, USA Owner Florida Department of Transportation Similar Cypress Creek station, Tri‑Rail and Metrorail, Deerfield Beach station, Hollywood station, Delray Beach station | ||
Fort lauderdale station topping out ceremony
Fort Lauderdale station is a train station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is served by Tri-Rail and Amtrak. The station is located on Southwest 21st Terrace, just south of West Broward Boulevard.
Contents
- Fort lauderdale station topping out ceremony
- Brightline fort lauderdale station construction progress
- History
- References
Brightline fort lauderdale station construction progress
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.
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.
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.