Ocala Union Station

Ocala, FL
A frontal view of the Ocala Union Station.
General information
Location531 Northeast First Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34770
Line(s)Amtrak Thruway service to the Silver Meteor and Silver Star
Other information
Station codeOCA
History
Opened1917
Closed2004[1]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Wildwood
toward Miami
Floridian
Waldo
toward Chicago
Palmetto Waldo
toward New York
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Trilby Ocala District Gainesville
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Wildwood
toward Tampa or Miami
Main Line Waldo
toward Richmond
Ocala Union Station
Ocala Union Station is located in Florida
Ocala Union Station
Ocala Union Station is located in the United States
Ocala Union Station
LocationOcala, Florida
Coordinates29°11′31″N 82°8′9″W / 29.19194°N 82.13583°W / 29.19194; -82.13583
ArchitectA. M. Williamson Walkup
NRHP reference No.97001557[2]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1997
Location
Map

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.

  1. ^ "Loss of Amtrak Service Shouldn't Derail Dade City". The Tampa Bay Times. October 29, 2004. p. 161. Retrieved January 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ Mulligan, M. (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Florida. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 40, 84, 117–119. ISBN 978-0738553900.