West Palm Beach station

West Palm Beach station is a train station in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is served by Amtrak passenger rail and Tri-Rail commuter rail service. It is located at 203–209 South Tamarind Avenue, south of First Street/Banyan Boulevard.

This article is about the Tri-Rail and Amtrak station. For the Brightline station, see West Palm Beach station (Brightline).
West Palm Beach, FL
West Palm Beach station
General information
Location201 South Tamarind Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida
United States
Coordinates 26°42′44.32″N 80°03′44.27″W
Owned byCity of West Palm Beach
Line(s)South Florida Rail Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operatorsAmtrak, Tri-Rail
ConnectionsBus transport Greyhound Lines
Bus transport Palm Tran: 1, 2, 31, 40, 41, 43, Palm Beach International Airport 44, 45, 49
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: WPB
Fare zone1 (Tri-Rail)
History
Opened1925
Rebuilt1991
Passengers
FY 202239,440[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Delray Beach
toward Miami
 Silver Meteor Sebring
toward New York
Silver Star Okeechobee
toward New York
Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station
Lake Worth
toward Miami Airport
 Tri-Rail Mangonia Park
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Okeechobee
toward Los Angeles
 Sunset Limited
1993–1996
 Delray Beach
toward Miami
Delray Beach
toward Miami
 Palmetto
2002–2004
 Okeechobee
toward New York
Delray Beach
toward Miami
 Floridian
 Sebring
toward Chicago
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Palm Beach
toward Miami
 Main Line Indiantown
toward Richmond
Future services
Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station
Lake Worth
toward Downtown Miami
 Downtown Miami Link
(Opens November 2023)
 Mangonia Park
Terminus
Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger Station
West Palm Beach station is located in Florida
West Palm Beach station
West Palm Beach station is located in the United States
West Palm Beach station
Built1925[2]
ArchitectL. Philips Clarke, Harvey and Clarke
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival[3]
NRHP reference No.73000600[3]
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1973

History
The station under operation by the Seaboard Airline Railway

The station officially opened to passengers in January 1925 as a Seaboard Air Line Railway depot. The building was designed by the Palm Beach architectural firm of Harvey & Clarke.[4] Among other Seaboard trains, the station was served by the Orange Blossom Special until 1953, and 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. The station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973. Tri-Rail service to the station began in 1989.

A northbound Tri-Rail train departing the station

The City of West Palm Beach, following a purchase of the building in 1988, tapped local architecture firm Oliver Glidden & Partners[5] to head a $4.3 million restoration of the structure. The project was completed and the station rededicated in a ceremony attended by the Florida Governor in April 1991. Architect Robert D. Brown directed the restoration of ornamental cast stone elements, exterior masonry, doors, windows, and iron and tile work. The red clay tile roof was replaced, as were the electrical, lighting, plumbing and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.[6] Abatement of lead and asbestos was further required to bring the historic structure up to modern building code standards. The restoration effort earned the Florida Trust Award for Historic Preservation in 1994.

In summer 2012, the city finished an improvement project that included the installation of new sidewalks and more than five dozen trees around the building. The improvements were funded with a $750,000 Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration, to which the city provided a $150,000 local match.[6]

Since the 1997 closure of the Palm Beach Airport station closer to Palm Beach International Airport, Tri-Rail passengers access the airport via taxi and PalmTran's fixed bus route 44.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms, with access to the station on both sides. West of the southbound platform is a long loop of bus bays serving Palm Tran routes. East of the northbound platform is the station house, a small parking lot, and bus stops for Greyhound Lines buses and Tri-Rail shuttles.

M Mezzanine Crossover between platforms
P
Platform level
Side platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Tri-Rail toward Miami Airport (Lake Worth)
←      Silver Service toward Miami (Delray Beach)
Track 2 ←      Tri-Rail toward Mangonia Park (Terminus) →
←      Silver Service toward New York (Okeechobee or Sebring) →
Side platform Disabled access
Street level Entrance/exit, station house, buses, parking

Notes
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. "Florida Historical Markers Programs – Marker: Palm Beach". Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  3. "National Register of Historical Places – Florida (FL), Palm Beach County". National Park Service. March 30, 2007. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  4. Picciochi, Sandie (November 9, 1988). "Roaring '20s Bash Will Raise Funds For Historic Rail Station". Sun Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale. p. 15.
  5. "Seaboard Railway Station".
  6. "West Palm Beach, FL (WPB)". Great American Stations. Retrieved April 14, 2015.

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