Deerfield Beach station, also known as the Old Deerfield Beach Seaboard Air Line Railway Station, is a train station in

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. It is served by

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intercity rail and

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Located at 1300 West Hillsboro Boulevard (SR 810), just east of North Military Trail (SR 809), the station was built in 1926 by the

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. It shares the same

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design as the Delray Beach Seaboard station and the Homestead Seaboard station. Those design features include arched entryways, arcades, stucco walls and a barrel-tiled roof. The station was placed on the

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on April 5, 1990. It serves the nearby Boca Raton community . The historic Seaboard Air Line Railway Station also houses the

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, which is open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In 2010, the Florida Department of Transportation finished a restoration of the historic station. The $380,000 project included a new roof, interior improvements to the lobby and restrooms, repairs to the exterior walls and installation of new air conditioning units.

Station layout

The station has two

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s, with parking lots on either side. Buses stop along a bus loop to the west of the southbound platform, while the station house sits adjacent to the northbound platform. A sidewalk grade crossing at the north end of the station provides access between platforms.

References

External links

Deerfield Beach Station
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority

(USA Rail Guide – TrainWeb)
South Florida Railway Museum
{{South Florida rail metro system

Deerfield Beach Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just south of the Palm Beach County line. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,859. It is a principal ...

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1926 establishments in Florida