SFRTA Tri-Rail commuter rail station | |||||||||||||
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Location | 1703 Lake Worth Road Lake Worth Beach, Florida | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°36′58″N80°04′09″W / 26.616131°N 80.069135°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | South Florida Rail Corridor | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Palm Tran: 60, 62 SFRTA Shuttle: LK1 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1989 | ||||||||||||
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Lake Worth Beach station is a Tri-Rail commuter rail station in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, at the confluence of Lake Worth Road (SR 802) and Interstate 95. Opening to service January 9, 1989, parking is available at this station, all of which is beneath I-95 on the south side of Lake Worth Road.
The station has two side platforms and a parking lot east of the northbound platform, located underneath the Interstate 95 overpass. Access to the station is from the northbound platform, with an overpass connecting to the southbound platform.
On January 4, 2016, A Tri-Rail passenger train derailed after colliding with a garbage truck which had broken down on a grade crossing. Twenty-two people were injured. [1]
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