Poinciana station

{{Infobox station

| style = SunRail

| name = Poinciana

| type = SunRail commuter rail

| image = Poinciana Station (44325030374).jpg

| image_caption = SunRail train stopped at Poinciana station

| address = 5025 South Rail Avenue

| borough = Kissimmee, Florida

| coordinates = {{coord|28.258829|-81.484368|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:US-FL|display=inline,title}}

| connections = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} File:LYNX transportation logo.svg: 306, {{nowrap|NeighborLink 604}},{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2022 |title=SunRail Connections|url=https://www.golynx.com/core/fileparse.php/97362/urlt/F_LNX_Lft_SunRail_WEB_Apr-22_.pdf |access-date=May 19, 2022 |website=Lynx}}
{{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Citrus Connection 19X [https://ridecitrus.com/wp-content/uploads/route-19X-1.pdf 19X - Posner Park / Poinciana Express (Citrus Connection)]

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| parking = 254 spaces

| bicycle = Yes

| opened = September 16, 1974{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IgswAAAAIBAJ&pg=6908,3857724&dq=amtrak+poinciana&hl=en|title=Amtrak Service Scheduled|date=September 14, 1974|publisher=Lakeland Ledger}}

| closed = December 8, 1975{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQpaAAAAIBAJ&pg=7409,5249383&dq=amtrak+poinciana&hl=en|title=Amtrak Schedule Changes Dec 14|date=December 8, 1975|publisher=Waycross Journal-Herald}}

| rebuilt = July 30, 2018

| owned =

| zone = Osceola

| passengers =

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SunRail|line=SunRail|right=Kissimmee}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{adjacent stations|system=Amtrak

|line1=Floridian (1971–1979)|left1=Lakeland|right1=Orlando

|line2=Champion|left2=Lakeland|right2=Orlando

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|SunRail}} |zoom=14 }}

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SunRail Poinciana station is a train station in the community of Poinciana, Florida. It is the southern terminus of SunRail, the commuter rail service of Greater Orlando. The station opened on July 30, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Spear |first1=Kevin |title=First SunRail trains from Osceola County please commuters |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-sunrail-osceola-first-day-20180729-story.html |accessdate=July 30, 2018 |agency=Orlando Sentinel |date=July 30, 2018}} The site was briefly used by Amtrak from 1974 to 1975. In addition to Poinciana, the station also serves the nearby communities of Intercession City and Campbell.

History

File:Poinciana station, circa 1975.jpg

In the mid-1970s, the site was planned as the southern terminus for Amtrak's inaugural auto ferry service called AutoTrak connecting Florida to Indianapolis Union Station, in competition with the Auto-Train Corporation's Auto-Train service. Amtrak initially built a complex with a 1,600 square foot modular building, a parking lot and two spur-lines with eventual plans for a 7,000 square foot facility. The initial complex opened on September 16, 1974, with the simultaneous arrival of the Floridian and the Champion trains. It was envisioned to be the official stop for tourists bound for Walt Disney World. The AutoTrak service never came to life, however, and the station was used for just over a year as a stop for the Champion and the Floridian until December 12, 1975, when those trains began stopping at Kissimmee instead.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fhpXAAAAIBAJ&pg=3969,4760646&dq=amtrak+poinciana&hl=en

|title=Amtrak Will Build Million Dollar Passenger Facility At Poinciana|date=January 17, 1974|publisher=Lakeland Ledger}}{{cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/poinciana.htm |title= USA Rail Guide |accessdate=October 27, 2015}} Sometime in the 1980s, the station building was demolished, the spur-lines were removed and the parking lot along with the access road into the site were abandoned and eventually overgrew with vegetation over the years. The site sat vacant until construction of the Poinciana SunRail station began in early 2016.

References

External links

[https://sunrail.com/station/poinciana/ Poinciana Station (SunRail)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140717173145/http://corporate.sunrail.com/uploads/assets/tod/TOD%20Sketchbook%202nd%20Edition%20Section%203%20Orl%20Poinciana.pdf SunRail's Station Development Sketchbook]

Category:Former Amtrak stations in Florida

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1974

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2018

Category:SunRail stations

Category:1974 establishments in Florida

Category:1975 disestablishments in Florida

Category:2018 establishments in Florida

Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1975