West Palm Beach Station is a train station in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, which is served by Amtrak passenger rail and Tri-Rail commuter rail service. It is located at 203 - 209 South Tamarind Avenue, south of First Street/Banyan Boulevard.
Operations
The station officially opened to passengers in January 1925 as a Seaboard Air Line Railway depot. The building was designed by the Palm Beach architectural firm of Harvey & Clarke. Among other Seaboard trains, the station was served by the Orange Blossom Special until 1953, and 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 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973. Tri-Rail service to the station began in 1989.
The station was restored and rededicated in April 1991; work included restoration of ornamental cast stone elements, exterior masonry, doors and windows and iron and tile work. The red clay tile roof was replaced, as were the electrical, lighting, plumbing and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. In summer 2012, the city finished an improvement project that included the installation of new sidewalks and more than five dozen trees around the building. The improvements were funded with a $750,000 Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration, to which the city provided a $150,000 local match.
Since the 1997 closure of the Palm Beach Airport station closer to Palm Beach International Airport, Tri-Rail passengers access the airport via taxi and PalmTran's fixed bus route 44.
Transit connections
Palm Tran
Gallery
Notes
References
- Palm Beach County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- Palm Beach County listings
- Palm Beach County markers
- Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger Station
External links
- Media related to West Palm Beach (Tri-Rail station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak - Stations - West Palm Beach, FL
- South Florida Regional Transportation Authority - West Palm Beach Station
- West Palm Beach Amtrak/Tri-Rail Station (USA Rail Guide -TrainWeb)
- West Palm Beach (WPB)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Station from Google Maps Street View
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