Boca Raton station (Tri-Rail)

Boca Raton
Boca Raton station in 2013
General information
Location	680 Yamato Road Boca Raton, Florida
Coordinates	26°23′33″N80°05′57″W / 26.39250°N 80.09917°W / 26.39250; -80.09917
Line(s)	South Florida Rail Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Palm Tran: 2, 94
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	January 9, 1989
Rebuilt	November 4, 2005
Services
Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station Deerfield Beach toward Miami Airport Miami Airport –Mangonia Park Delray Beach toward Mangonia Park Fort Lauderdale toward MiamiCentral West Palm Beach –Downtown Miami Express West Palm Beach Terminus
Future services Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station Deerfield Beach toward Downtown Miami Red Line (proposed) Delray Beach toward Mangonia Park
Location

Boca Raton station is a Tri-Rail commuter rail station in Boca Raton, Florida. The station is located at Yamato Road (SR 794), just east of Congress Avenue (SR 807) and west of I-95. The station has two side platforms, with a parking lot and bus loop west of the southbound platform. An overpass provides access to the northbound platform and the El Rio Trail, which provides direct pedestrian access to Yamato Road.

History

Tri-Rail commuter service began on January 9, 1989, with Boca Raton as one of the intermediate stops. ^{[1] [2]} It was located at NW 53rd Street, slightly north of Yamato Road. ^[3]

n the mid-1990s, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority began a project to double track the Tri-Rail corridor. The agency awarded a $231 million contract for the Palm Beach County segment in August 2001. ^[4] Several stations were modified in 2003–2005 with a second platform and a footbridge. Those at Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, Mangonia Park, and West Palm Beach were all built to the same design. ^[5] The rebuilt Boca Raton station was located south of Yamato Road, about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) from the previous station. The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority purchased the 6.68-acre (2.70 ha) site for $2.7 million in August 2003. ^[6] It was planned to open on October 22, 2005, but ultimately opened on November 4 after a 13-day suspension of Tr-Rail service due to Hurricane Wilma. ^{[3] [7]}

By 2014, Boca Raton was the busiest station in the system with 1,600 daily riders. ^[8] A second Boca Raton Tri-Rail station at Glades Road was proposed in the 2010s, but it was cancelled in 2019 when plans for an adjacent development fell through. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• Boca Raton station (Brightline)

References

1. Crockett, Kimberly (November 19, 1988). "Tri-Rail to start without two stations". The Miami Herald. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
2. Campbell, Scott G. (January 11, 1989). "Tri-Rail ridership rises; officials tackle problems". The Palm Beach Post. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Railroad Crossing". Boca Raton News. October 21, 2005. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Experts get rolling on twin tracks". South Florida Sun Sentinel. August 25, 2001. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
5. • Gopal, Prashant (July 4, 2003). "Tri-Rail rebuilds stations". South Florida Sun Sentinel. pp. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
   • King, Dale M. (June 14, 2003). "Tri-Rail project on track". Boca Raton News. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
   • Turnbell, Michael (May 27, 2004). "Boynton station renovation complete". South Florida Sun Sentinel. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
6. "SFRTA/Tri-Rail acquires site for new station in Boca Raton" (Press release). South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. August 2003. Archived from the original on October 5, 2003.
7. McGinness, Chuck (January 19, 2006). "Boca Raton Tri-Rail station touted as Scripps plus". The Palm Beach Post. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Philip D. Latzman (April 7, 2015). "As ridership increases, Boca Raton embraces train travel". Sun-Sentinel . Archived from the original on September 14, 2016.
9. Streeter, Angel (May 11, 2014). "New Boca Raton Tri-Rail station on the horizon". Sun-Sentinel . Archived from the original on March 21, 2016.
10. Baitinger, Brooke (July 25, 2019). "Boca won't get a second Tri-Rail station anytime soon". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 23, 2025.

External links

Media related to Boca Raton station (Tri-Rail) at Wikimedia Commons

• Tri-Rail – Boca Raton