Tallahassee station

Tallahassee
Southeast view
Location	918 1⁄2 Railroad Avenue Tallahassee, FL 32310
Line(s)	Sunset Limited
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	TLH
History
Opened	1858
Closed	2005 (service suspended)
Rebuilt	1885, 1993
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Chipley toward Los Angeles Sunset Limited service suspended Madison, FL toward Orlando
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company Freight Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Coordinates	30°26′01″N 84°17′25″W / 30.4337°N 84.2903°W / 30.4337; -84.2903Coordinates: 30°26′01″N 84°17′25″W / 30.4337°N 84.2903°W / 30.4337; -84.2903
Built	1858
NRHP Reference #	97001589
Added to NRHP	December 30, 1997

Tallahassee station, also known as the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company Freight Depot, is a historic train station in Tallahassee, Florida. It was built in 1858 and was served by various railways until 2005, when Amtrak suspended service due to Hurricane Katrina. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The station is one of the oldest railroad buildings in Florida and is one of only three surviving railroad depots in the state built prior to the start of the American Civil War. It was originally built in 1858 by the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad, which provided freight and passenger service east to Lake City (where there was connecting service to Jacksonville via the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad), west to Quincy, and north to Georgia via the railroad's Live Oak branch. In 1869, during Reconstruction, the newly formed Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad (JP&M) took over freight and passenger service to the depot and extended service further west to Chattahoochee, where the Louisville and Nashville Railroad eventually provided connecting service to Pensacola.

In 1882, Sir Edward Reed purchased the JP&M as well as the Lake City to Jacksonville Florida Central Railroad, both of which he combined into the Florida Central and Western Railroad. Two years later, Reed merged the Florida Central and Western into the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, which added a second story to the depot in 1885. The Florida Railway and Navigation Company reorganized as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (FC&P) in 1888. In 1900, a year after purchasing the majority of FC&P stock, the newly organized Seaboard Air Line Railway (now CSX Transportation) leased the FC&P and, in 1903, acquired it outright.