West Palm Beach station

West Palm Beach station
Amtrak and SFRTA Tri-Rail station
Location 201 South Tamarind Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida
Owned by City of West Palm Beach
Line(s)

Amtrak:

SFRTA:

Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Greyhound
Palm Tran
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WPB
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 1925
Rebuilt 1991
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 62,990 (Amtrak)[1][2] Decrease 3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Miami
Silver Star
Silver Meteor
SFRTA
Tri-Rail
Terminus
Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger Station
Location West Palm Beach, Florida
Coordinates 26°42′44.32″N 80°03′44.27″W / 26.7123111°N 80.0622972°WCoordinates: 26°42′44.32″N 80°03′44.27″W / 26.7123111°N 80.0622972°W
Built 1925[3]
Architect L. Philips Clarke
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival[4]
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 73000600[4]
Added to NRHP June 19, 1973

West Palm Beach station is a train station in West Palm Beach, Florida. It 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[6]

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

Route # Route name Schedule & map Note
1
 Palm Beach Gardens ↔ Boca Raton via Dixie Highway (US 1)
#1
2
 Palm Beach Gardens ↔ Boca Raton via Congress Ave (SR 807)
#2
31
 West Palm Beach Cross-town via 45th Street
#31
40
 Downtown West Palm Beach ↔ Wellington or Belle Glade via Southern Boulevard (SR 80) and South Congress Ave (SR 807)
#40
 Limited-stop service to Belle Glade during rush hour
41
 Downtown West Palm Beach ↔ Palm Beach Inlet
#41
43
 Downtown West Palm Beach ↔ The Mall at Wellington Green via Okeechobee Blvd (US 27)
#43
44
 West Palm Beach Crosstown (Downtown West Palm Beach ↔ Lake Point Center via Belvedere Road)
#44
45
 Downtown West Palm Beach ↔ Lake Clarke Shores via Parker, Lake and Florida Mango
#45
 No Sunday service
49
 Downtown West Palm Beach ↔ Executive Center
#49

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014 - State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013 - State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Florida Historical Markers Programs - Marker: Palm Beach". Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Palm Beach County". National Park Service. 2007-03-30. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Picciochi, Sandie (9 November 1988). "Roaring '20s Bash Will Raise Funds For Historic Rail Station". Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale). p. 15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "West Palm Beach, FL (WPB)". Great American Stations. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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