Ocala Union Station
in Ocala, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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501 NE 1st Ave, Ocala, FL 34470, USA Print route »
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The Ocala Union Station (also known as Union Station Plaza) is a historic site in Ocala, Florida, United States. It is located at 531 Northeast First Avenue, and was built in 1917 by both the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads. Prior to this, ACL and SAL had separate depots in Ocala. The former ACL station was originally built by the Florida Southern Railroad, while the former SAL station was built by the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad. On December 22, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.The station served as a stop for Amtrak's Palmetto service until 2004, using the Seaboard Air Line's former tracks, now part of the Wildwood Subdivision, a segment of the CSX S Line. The former Atlantic Coast Line tracks are now part of Florida Northern Railroad. Currently Amtrak exclusively offers bus service from the station twice a day: one run to connect to the Silver Star in Lakeland and one to connect in Jacksonville. There are several intermediate stops in each direction.
Ocala's SunTran bus service still uses the station to this day. The Shuttleliner limo/van service offers several trips daily to Orlando International Airport from the station. Greyhound service will be provided at the Pilot Travel Center at 4032 W. Highway 326, two blocks east of Interstate 75.
