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Owned by
  
Amtrak

Parking
  
Yes

Phone
  
+1 800-872-7245

Tracks
  
4

Opened
  
1974

Platforms in use
  
1

Jacksonville station

Location
  
3570 Clifford Lane Jacksonville, FL 32209

Line(s)
  
Amtrak:   Silver Meteor   Silver Star

Connections
  
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach: service to Gainesville and Ocala JTA Bus: 3

Address
  
3570 Clifford Ln, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA

Similar
  
Prime F Osborn III Conventi, Alexander Brest Museum, Cummer Museum of Art and G, Jacksonville Landing, Riverside Baptist Church

Jacksonville station is an Amtrak train station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It serves the Silver Meteor and Silver Star trains as well as the 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.

History

Amtrak's Clifford Lane facility has been in operation since 1974, when it replaced the downtown Union Station, now the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.

Two other services once used this station, the Palmetto and Sunset Limited. 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. However, the Sunset Limited has been proposed to return in the future.

References

Jacksonville station Wikipedia