Fort Lauderdale station

26°7′10.09″N 80°10′11.54″W / 26.1194694°N 80.1698722°W / 26.1194694; -80.1698722Owned byFlorida Department of TransportationLine(s)South Florida Rail CorridorPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Train operatorsAmtrak, Tri-RailConnections Broward County Transit: 22
Metrobus: 95ConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesRacksAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: FTLIATA codeZFTFare zone4 (Tri-Rail)HistoryOpened1927Rebuilt1986PassengersFY 202231,194^[1] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Hollywood toward Miami		Silver Meteor		Deerfield Beach toward New York
		Silver Star
Preceding station	Tri-Rail			Following station
Fort Lauderdale Airport toward Miami Airport		Tri-Rail		Cypress Creek toward Mangonia Park

Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Deerfield Beach toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited 1993-1996 Hollywood toward Miami Hollywood toward Miami Palmetto 2002-2004 Deerfield Beach toward New York Floridian Deerfield Beach toward Chicago Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station Opa Locka toward Miami Main Line Pompano Beach toward Richmond

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.

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 Tri-County Commuter Rail 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.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms connected by an elevated passageway. The station house, parking lot, and bus stops are located west of the southbound platform.

Gallery

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  Fort Lauderdale Amtrak and former Seaboard Air Line Railway station (left) and Tri-Rail station (rear)
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  Northeast view of former Seaboard station
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  Southwest view of former Seaboard station
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  South view of former Seaboard station
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  Separate entrance to the former "colored" waiting room of the station
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  Amtrak Silver Star and Tri-Rail side by side at Fort Lauderdale Station
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  The Silver Star beneath a pedestrian bridge

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