Palatka (Amtrak station)

Palatka Union Depot Amtrak Service
Historic Palatka Union Depot
Station statistics
Address	220 North 11 Street Palatka, FL 32177
Lines	Silver Meteor   Silver Star
Connections	Greyhound      Ride Solution
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	May 1909
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	13,323[1]  6.4%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station DeLand toward Miami Silver Meteor Jacksonville toward New York City Silver Star DeLand toward Orlando Sunset Limited service suspended Jacksonville toward Los Angeles     Former services     Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Satsuma toward Tampa Union Station Main Line Bostwick toward Richmond Broad Street Station Francis toward Rochelle Rochelle – Palatka Terminus
Old A.C.L. Union Depot U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location: Palatka, Florida Coordinates: 29°38′57.04″N 81°38′25.64″W / 29.6491778°N 81.6404556°W / 29.6491778; -81.6404556Coordinates: 29°38′57.04″N 81°38′25.64″W / 29.6491778°N 81.6404556°W / 29.6491778; -81.6404556 Built: 1909 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 88000162[2] Added to NRHP: 1988

The Palatka Amtrak station is a historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot in Palatka, Florida. It is located at 220 North Eleventh Street, on the corner of US 17-FL 100.^[3] It opened in 1909^[3] and originally served as a junction with Florida Southern Railway,Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad (SOU) and the Palatka Branch of the Florida East Coast Railway. By 1914 it also began to serve the Ocklawaha Valley Railroad. In 1988, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

The station is used by Amtrak for both the Silver Service and the Sunset Limited, although the latter service has been suspended since Hurricane Katrina.^[3] It is also the location of the Palatka Railroad Preservation Society and the Browning Railroad Museum.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Florida" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/FLORIDA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Putnam County listings on the National Register of Historic Places
3. ^ ^{a b c} "PALATKA FLORIDA (PAC)". TrainWeb. http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/palatka.htm. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 
4. ^ "=Home | Palatka Railroad Preservation Society". Palatka Railroad Preservation Society. http://www.railsofpalatka.org/. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 

• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
  • Putnam County listings
  • Palatka's Historic Union Depot

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Palatka, FL
• Palatka Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

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