West Palm Beach (Tri-Rail station)

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West Palm Beach

Station statistics

Address

201 South Tamarind Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33402

Lines

Amtrak:

Silver Star

Silver Meteor

SFRTA:

Tri-Rail

Connections

Greyhound and Palm Tran buses

Platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

1925

Code

WPB

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak	Following station
Delray Beach toward Miami	Silver Star	Okeechobee toward New York
Delray Beach toward Miami	Silver Meteor	Sebring toward New York
Preceding station	SFRTA	Following station
Lake Worth toward Miami Airport	Tri-Rail	Mangonia Park Terminus

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

43,643^[1] ▲ 8%

Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

West Palm Beach (Tri-Rail station) (USA)

Map of the United States

Location:

West Palm Beach, Florida

Coordinates:

26°42′44.32″N 80°03′44.27″W / 26.7123111, -80.0622972Coordinates: 26°42′44.32″N 80°03′44.27″W / 26.7123111, -80.0622972

Built/Founded:

1925^[2]^[3]

Architect:

L. Philips Clarke

Architectural style(s):

Mission/Spanish Revival^[4]

Added to NRHP:

June 19, 1973

NRHP Reference#:

73000600^[4]

Governing body:

Private

West Palm Beach Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger Station is a Tri-Rail and commuter rail station in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. Since the 1997 closure of the Palm Beach Airport station, Tri-Rail passengers use this station to access Palm Beach International Airport via taxi and fixed bus route.

This station is located on 201 South Tamarind Avenue, south of First Street (Banyan Boulevard). The station officially opened to passengers in 1925 as a Seaboard Air Line Railroad depot, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 19, 1973. Tri-Rail service to the station began in 1989.

Amtrak's Silver Meteor and Silver Star stops here, in addition to Greyhound and Palm Tran bus services.

This station is also referred to as the West Palm Beach Intermodal Terminal

On May 14th, 2008, a small restaurant was added to the station, known as the Pizza Grill. It sells soda, pizza, chips, and other snacks for cheap prices.

1 Connecting Palm Tran Routes
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Connecting Palm Tran Routes

43 - Downtown West Palm Beach/Wellington Green via Okeechobee Blvd
44 - Downtown West Palm Beach/Lake Point Center via Belvedere Rd
45 - Downtown West Palm Beach/Lake Clarke Shores via Parker, Lake & Florida Mango
50 Downtown West Palm Beach Shuttle via Downtown (Weekdays Only)

[edit] Notes

^ Amtrak.
^ Seaboard Coast Line Railway Passenger Station. Florida Heritage Tourism Interactive Catalog. Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs (2007-03-30).
^ Palm Beach County. Florida's History Through Its Places. Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs (2007-03-30).
^ ^a ^b National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Palm Beach County. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-03-30).