Poinciana station

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Poinciana
SunRail commuter rail
Poinciana Station (44325030374).jpg
SunRail train stopped at Poinciana station
General information
Location5025 South Rail Avenue
Kissimmee, Florida
Coordinates 28°15′32″N81°29′04″W / 28.258829°N 81.484368°W / 28.258829; -81.484368
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg LYNX transportation logo.svg : 306, NeighborLink 604, [1] Aiga bus trans.svg Citrus Connection 19X
Construction
Parking254 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zoneOsceola
History
OpenedSeptember 16, 1974 [2]
ClosedDecember 8, 1975 [3]
RebuiltJuly 30, 2018
Services
Preceding station SunRail logo.png SunRail Following station
Terminus SunRail Kissimmee
towards DeBary
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Lakeland Floridian Orlando
toward Chicago
Lakeland Champion Orlando
toward New York

SunRail Poinciana station is a train station in the community of Poinciana, Florida. It is the southern terminus of SunRail, the commuter rail service of Greater Orlando. The station opened on July 30, 2018. [4] The site was briefly used by Amtrak from 1974 to 1975.

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History

Poinciana station around 1975 Poinciana station, circa 1975.jpg
Poinciana station around 1975

In the mid-1970s, the site was planned as the southern terminus for Amtrak's inaugural auto ferry service called AutoTrak connecting Florida to Indianapolis Union Station, in competition with the Auto-Train Corporation's Auto-Train service. Amtrak initially built a complex with a 1,600 square foot modular building, a parking lot and two spur-lines with eventual plans for a 7,000 square foot facility. The initial complex opened on September 16, 1974, with the simultaneous arrival of the Floridian and the Champion trains. It was envisioned to be the official stop for tourists bound for Walt Disney World. The AutoTrak service never came to life, however, and the station was used for just over a year as a stop for the Champion and the Floridian until December 12, 1975, when those trains began stopping at Kissimmee instead. [2] [3] [5] [6] Sometime in the 1980s, the station building was demolished, the spur-lines were removed and the parking lot along with the access road into the site were abandoned and eventually overgrew with vegetation over the years. The site sat vacant until construction of the Poinciana SunRail station began in early 2016.

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