Gregory Road station

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Gregory Road
SFRTA Tri-Rail commuter rail station
LocationGregory Road & Georgia Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida
Line(s) Florida East Coast Railway
Tracks2
Proposed services
Preceding station Tri-Rail.svg Tri-Rail Following station
Lake Avenue Green Line West Palm Beach
toward Toney Penna

Gregory Road is a proposed Tri-Rail Coastal Link Green Line station in West Palm Beach, Florida. [1] [2] The station is slated for construction at Georgia Avenue and Gregory Road, just west of South Dixie Highway (US 1).

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References

  1. "Tri-Rail Coastal Link Station Area Opportunities" (PDF) (Press release). Pompano Beach, Florida: Parsons Brinckerhoff. South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. April 2013. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  2. "Tri-Rail Coastal Link: System Map" (PDF) (Press release). Pompano Beach, Florida. South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. 2014-05-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-06-06.