Union Station - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 19.666 W 081° 40.267
17R E 435485 N 3355296
The Jacksonville Terminal Company owned Union Station in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, and the trackage surrounding it. It was partly owned by each railroad feeding into it. The station is now the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.
Waymark Code: WM2T25
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2007
Views: 221
The first Union Station in Jacksonville was built by the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway (later part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) in 1883. The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (also later part of the ACL) began to use it in 1884. Other terminals served the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (later part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway), the Florida East Coast Railway, and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway.
The company was incorporated in 1894 by Henry Flagler, who owned the Florida East Coast Railway. Its first Union Depot opened on February 4, 1895, and was completed on January 15, 1897. It came to be known as the Flagler Depot.
The second Union Station (pictured in this waymark) opened in 1919 on the site of the original one, and was last used on January 3, 1974 (Amtrak now stops several miles north). In 1982, a public-private partnership was started, led by former CSX chairman Prime F. Osborn III. The new convention center opened at the site on October 17, 1986.
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?:
The station is now the Prime F.Osborn III Convention Center.
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: See long description
Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]
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