Jacksonville station

Jacksonville station is an Amtrak train station in the Northside neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is served by the Floridian and Silver Meteor trains as well as Amtrak Thruway buses.

Jacksonville, FL
The front of the station
General information
Location	3570 Clifford Lane Jacksonville, Florida United States
Coordinates	30.3661°N 81.72339°W / 30.3661; -81.72339
Owned by	Amtrak
Platforms	1 island platform, 1 side platform
Tracks	4 (2 station tracks and 2 house tracks)
Connections	Amtrak Thruway to Gainesville and Ocala JTA Bus: 3
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: JAX
History
Opened	1974
Passengers
FY 2023	64,038[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Palatka toward Miami Silver Meteor Jesup toward New York Floridian Savannah toward Chicago      Auto Train does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Palatka toward Orlando or Miami Sunset Limited 1993–2005 Lake City toward Los Angeles Waldo toward Miami Palmetto 2002–2004 Savannah toward New York DeLand toward St. Petersburg Floridian 1971–1979 Waycross toward Chicago Waldo toward Miami Palatka toward Miami Silver Star until 2024 Savannah toward New York
Location

History

Viewed from the Champion in 1979

Amtrak opened the station on January 4, 1974, replacing Jacksonville Union Terminal (now Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center) downtown.^[2] The station saw eight trains daily upon opening, four in each direction. Those trains were the Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Champion, and Floridian, but also very briefly saw the Vacationer.^[3] The Floridian and Champion were discontinued in the 1979 budget cuts.

In 1993, the Sunset Limited was extended east from its New Orleans terminus all the way to Miami, and added a stop at Jacksonville.^[4] Then in 1996, the station's services were further expanded to include the newly reinstated Silver Palm running from New York to Tampa.^[5]

On November 1, 2004, however, the Silver Palm, now renamed to Palmetto, had its terminus cut back to Savannah, Georgia. Later, in 2005, the Sunset Limited was suspended east of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This left the station with just two trains in each direction a day: the Silver Meteor and Silver Star. On November 10, 2024, the Silver Star was merged with the Capitol Limited as the Floridian.^[6]

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
2. Lost Jacksonville: Union Terminal
3. Amtrak Timetable effective May 19, 1974, p. 38 http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19740519&item=0039
4. Amtrak Timetable effective May 2, 1993, p. 13 http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19930502n&item=0013
5. Amtrak Timetable effective November 10, 1996, p. 29 http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19961110n&item=0029
6. "Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami" (Press release). Amtrak. September 23, 2024. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.

External links

Media related to Jacksonville (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Jacksonville, FL – Amtrak
• Jacksonville, FL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)