Jacksonville station
Jacksonville station is an Amtrak train station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It serves the Silver Meteor and Silver Star trains as well as the Thruway Motorcoach to Lakeland. The station lies next door to a freight facility with its own platform and is also just east of Norfolk Southern's Simpson Yard.

History
Amtrak's Northside facility has been in operation since 1974, when it replaced the downtown Union Station, now the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.

Other services once used this station, the Champion, Floridian, Florida Special, Palmetto, Silver Palm, Sunset Limited and Vacationer. In 2004 the Palmetto'''s route was shortened to end in Savannah, Georgia and in 2005 the Sunset Limited'' was shortened to end at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

References

External links

Jacksonville Amtrak Station, with Former Jacksonville Union Terminal (USA Rail Guide - TrainWeb)
Jacksonville (JAX)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

Amtrak stations in Florida
Buildings and structures in Jacksonville, Florida
Transportation in Jacksonville, Florida
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in Florida
Northside, Jacksonville
Transportation buildings and structures in Duval County, Florida
1974 establishments in Florida
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1974