Fort Lauderdale station

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Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Lauderdale SAL station NW.jpg
Northwest view of historic former Seaboard Air Line Railway (now Amtrak) station
General information
Location200 Southwest 21st Terrace
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
United States
Coordinates 26°7′10.09″N80°10′11.54″W / 26.1194694°N 80.1698722°W / 26.1194694; -80.1698722
Owned by Florida Department of Transportation
Line(s) South Florida Rail Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operators Amtrak, Tri-Rail
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Broward County Transit: 22
Aiga bus trans.svg Metrobus: 95
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: FTL
IATA code ZFT
Fare zone4 (Tri-Rail)
History
Opened1927
Rebuilt1986
Passengers
FY 202231,194 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Hollywood
toward Miami
Silver Meteor Deerfield Beach
toward New York
Silver Star
Preceding station Tri-Rail.svg Tri-Rail Following station
Fort Lauderdale Airport Tri-Rail Cypress Creek
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg 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.

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History

The Orange Blossom Special arrives at the temporary Seaboard Air Line Railway Fort Lauderdale station in 1927. Ft. Lauderdale SAL 1927.jpg
The Orange Blossom Special arrives at the temporary Seaboard Air Line Railway Fort Lauderdale station in 1927.

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

Refurbishment works in 2013 Fort Lauderdale train station refurbishment 2013-06 (9082070428).jpg
Refurbishment works in 2013

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.

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  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.