Ocala, FL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 531 Northeast First Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amtrak Thruway service to the Silver Meteor and Silver Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | OCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ocala Union Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Ocala, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°11′31″N 82°8′9″W / 29.19194°N 82.13583°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | A. M. Williamson Walkup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 97001557[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ocala Union Station (also known as Union Station Plaza) is a bus station and former train station in Ocala, Florida, United States. It is located at 531 Northeast First Avenue, and was built in 1917 by both the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Prior to this, ACL and SAL had separate depots in Ocala. The former ACL station was originally built by the Florida Southern Railroad, while the former SAL station was built by the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad.[3] On December 22, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.