Palatka (Amtrak station)

Palatka
Union Depot
Amtrak Service

Historic Palatka Union Depot. The track platform is on the right side of the photograph.

Station statistics

Address

220 North 11 Street
Palatka, FL 32177

Line(s)

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Connections

Greyhound
Ride Solution

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Parking

Yes

Other information

Opened

May 1909

Accessible

Station code

PAK

Traffic

Passengers (2012)

13,872^[1]

7.7%

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak	Following station
DeLand toward Miami	Silver Meteor	Jacksonville toward New York City
DeLand toward Miami	Silver Star	Jacksonville toward New York City
DeLand toward Orlando	Sunset Limited service suspended	Jacksonville toward Los Angeles
	Former services
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
toward		toward
toward		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

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)

Commons has media related to Old Atlantic Coast Line Union Depot.

Palatka (PAK)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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Palatka (Amtrak station)