Union Station (Tampa, Florida)

Tampa Union Station
Location	601 Nebraska Avenue Tampa, FL 33602
Owned by	City of Tampa
Line(s)	Silver Star
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach   HART buses
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	TPA
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1998
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	131,322  5.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Reverses direction Silver Star Lakeland toward New York City Lakeland toward Miami   Former services   Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Terminus Main Line Ybor City toward Richmond Broad Street Station
Union Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic plaque
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Location	Tampa, Florida  United States
Coordinates	27°57′8″N 82°27′4″W / 27.95222°N 82.45111°W / 27.95222; -82.45111Coordinates: 27°57′8″N 82°27′4″W / 27.95222°N 82.45111°W / 27.95222; -82.45111
Built	1912
Architect	J.F. Leitner, W.C. Hobbs Company
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	74000640
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1974

Tampa Union Station (TUS) is a historic train station in Tampa, Florida. It was designed by Joseph F. Leitner and opened on May 15, 1912, by the Tampa Union Station Company. Its original purpose was to combine passenger operations for the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line and the Tampa Northern Railroad at a single site. The station is located at 601 North Nebraska Avenue (SR 45).

In 1974, as Union Railroad Station, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and in 1988 it received local landmark status from the City of Tampa. After its condition deteriorated substantially, Tampa Union Station was closed in 1984; Amtrak passengers used a temporary prefabricated station building (nicknamed an "Amshack") located adjacent to the station platforms after the building was closed.

Tampa Union Station was restored and reopened to the public in 1998. Today it operates as an Amtrak station for the Silver Star line. It also provides Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach services to Orlando, Lakeland, Pinellas Park-St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers.

The station was originally built with eight tracks, only one is in regular use today (designated as "Track 2"), with adjacent Track 3 used for private railroad cars and special display trains on occasion (as is the case during National Train Day celebrations at the station, when Amtrak equipment is displayed on Track 3 ). Although the other tracks remain in place, they are out of service; some have been severed from the main track. Original track bumpers, constructed of poured concrete, are also still located at the end of several of the remaining tracks. Adjacent to each of these bumpers are flower pots that have "TUS" imprinted on them.