Orlando (Amtrak station)

Orlando Health/Amtrak
Amtrak Inter-city rail and SunRail commuter rail Station
Front entrance to the 1926-built Orlando Station. Originally used by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, now by Amtrak.
Location	1400 Sligh Boulevard Orlando, Florida
Coordinates	28°31′33″N 81°22′53″W / 28.52590°N 81.38130°W / 28.52590; -81.38130Coordinates: 28°31′33″N 81°22′53″W / 28.52590°N 81.38130°W / 28.52590; -81.38130
Owned by	City of Orlando
Line(s)	Amtrak:   Silver Meteor   Silver Star SunRail:   SunRail
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach : #40
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes (SunRail)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	ORL
Fare zone	Orange
History
Opened	1926
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	160,442  7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Kissimmee toward Miami Silver Meteor Winter Park, FL toward New York City Silver Star Terminus Sunset Limited service suspended Winter Park, FL toward Los Angeles SunRail Sand Lake Road Terminus SunRail Church Street toward DeBary   Future services   Sand Lake Road toward Poinciana SunRail Phase 2 (2017) Church Street toward DeLand   Former services   Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Pine Castle toward Tampa Union Station Main Line Winter Park toward Richmond Broad Street Station

Amtrak:

SunRail:

Orlando Health/Amtrak station, also known as Orlando station, is a train station in Orlando, Florida. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system of the United States, and SunRail, the commuter rail service of Greater Orlando, as well as local and intercity buses. It serves Amtrak's Silver Meteor and Silver Star lines. Built in 1926, the historic station is located approximately one mile south of Downtown Orlando near the campus of Orlando Health. Serving 160,442 passengers at last measure in 2013, The station is Amtrak's fifth busiest in the Southeastern United States; it is the second busiest Amtrak station in Florida, behind the Sanford station of the Auto Train.

The station was built in 1926 by M. A. Griffith and W. T. Hadlow for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The building was designed in the Spanish Mission style. After Atlantic Coast merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1967, the station was used the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.

In 2014, the City of Orlando started a project to build a second platform for use by the new SunRail commuter rail service. Unlike most SunRail stations, which feature shelters consisting of white aluminum poles supporting sloped green roofs, the station's canopies feature arches that resemble the mission-style architecture of the adjacent historic station's canopy. It also includes ticket vending machines, ticket validators, emergency call boxes, drinking fountains, separate platforms designed for passengers in wheelchairs. The station was officially named Orlando Health/Amtrak Station due to its proximity to the main Orlando Health hospital campus, Orlando Regional Medical Center, the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies. The revamped station opened on May 1, 2014.