Deland Station - Deland, Florida, USA
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N 29° 01.070 W 081° 21.158
17R E 465659 N 3210012
Active train station located just west of downtown Deland.
Waymark Code: WM130EV
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2020
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Located approximately 3 miles west of downtown Deland is the Deland Train Station. It is currently located at what was formerly known as Deland Junction. It was originally built in 1918 and stood across from the former Volusia County Fairgrounds. In June of 1988 the station was rebuilt at its current location.
"When the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad (and later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) ran passenger service along the line, they also ran local passenger service to Downtown DeLand. The DeLand Spur, which begins immediately south of the DeLand Station (the northern turnout actually cuts across the DeLand Station passenger platform), runs three miles east to Downtown DeLand and terminated at the College Arms Hotel (a public housing high-rise with the same name currently occupies the site). The track ran several blocks east of the hotel to provide freight service to local businesses and was graded all the way to Lake Helen, where it would have connected to the Atlantic and Western Railway, but track was ultimately never laid past Downtown DeLand. The station was acquired by Amtrak and restored in 1988, although a second track at the station fell into disuse and has not been maintained properly since. Up until 2005, when it was truncated to New Orleans, the station also served as a stop for the Sunset Limited." Excerpted from Wikipedia.
In 2006 a $424,000 restoration project was completed and the station was rededicated thanks to the partnership of Volusia County, Amtrak, and CSX Transportation, with the majority of funding primarily coming from the Florida Department of Transportation.
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