Hollywood station (Florida)

Hollywood station is a train station in Hollywood, Florida, which is served by Tri-Rail and Amtrak. The station is located at 3001 Hollywood Boulevard, just west of I-95 and State Road 9. It has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks.

Hollywood, FL
Hollywood station in 2011
General information
Location	3001 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, Florida United States
Coordinates	26°0′42.44″N 80°10′4.12″W
Owned by	Florida Department of Transportation
Line(s)	South Florida Rail Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Broward County Transit: 7
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: HOL
Fare zone	5 (Tri-Rail)
History
Opened	1928
Rebuilt	2002
Passengers
FY 2023	20,439 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Miami Terminus Floridian Fort Lauderdale toward Chicago Silver Meteor Fort Lauderdale toward New York Preceding station Tri-Rail Following station Golden Glades toward Miami Airport Tri-Rail Sheridan Street toward Mangonia Park
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Fort Lauderdale toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited 1993-1996 Miami Terminus Miami Terminus Palmetto 2002-2004 Fort Lauderdale toward New York Silver Star Floridian Fort Lauderdale toward Chicago Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station Opa-locka toward Miami Main Line Fort Lauderdale toward Richmond
Location

History

Seaboard Air Line Railway

View of west side of station

The original station, which is used solely by Amtrak, is a former Seaboard Air Line Railway depot designed in the prevalent Mediterranean Revival style by Gustav Maass of the West Palm Beach architectural firm Harvey & Clarke. Although the first Seaboard passenger train arrived in January 1927, the station did not open until 1928, in what was then a remote area of Hollywood.

The station as viewed from Hollywood Boulevard

The station consists of three distinct sections. The southern end of the building contains the passenger station, while the northern end consists of the freight room and docks. The center section of the station contains the baggage room. Entry into the passenger waiting room is through doors on the southern end. On the west side of the building is a separate entrance into what was, in keeping with racial segregation laws of the era, the "colored" waiting room; it was converted into railroad offices by the Seaboard in 1963.

Also in 1963, the Seaboard added a large Spanish-style barrel tile canopy to shelter the southern entrance, modifying the architectural details of the two entry porticos. At the same time, the railroad replaced the concrete-etched station signs on either end of the building with copper signs. The station is virtually identical to the Fort Lauderdale Seaboard station to the north.

The station was served by, among other Seaboard trains, the Orange Blossom Special until 1953, and the Silver Meteor beginning in 1939. Amtrak maintained Silver Meteor service to the station when it took over intercity passenger train service in 1971.

Tri-Rail commuter service

In 1988, through an agreement with CSX Transportation, the successor to Seaboard, the Florida Department of Transportation acquired the station as part of the state's South Florida Rail Corridor. In January 1989, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) began using the station as a Tri-Rail stop. While Amtrak is the long-term lessee of the original station's ticket office, waiting room, baggage room, and platform, and the city of Hollywood is the long-term lessee of the freight room, Tri-Rail uses additional facilities built immediately to north of the old depot. The station is the southernmost Tri-Rail stop in Broward County.

Due in part to Tri-Rail's presence, Amtrak trains only stop southbound to discharge passengers and stop northbound to receive passengers bound for points north of West Palm Beach. On November 10, 2024, the Silver Star was merged with the Capitol Limited as the Floridian.

External links

Media related to Hollywood station (Florida) at Wikimedia Commons

• Hollywood, FL – Amtrak
• Hollywood, FL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Hollywood – South Florida Regional Transportation Authority