Hollywood station is a
train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...
in
Hollywood, Florida
Hollywood is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States, located between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. As of July 1, 2019, Hollywood had a population of 154,817. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now ...
, which is served by
Tri-Rail
Tri-Rail is a commuter rail line linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach in Florida, United States. The ''Tri'' prefix in the name refers to the three counties served by the railroad: Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade. Tri-Rail ...
and
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...
. The station is located at 3001
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It begins in the east at Sunset Boulevard in the Los Feliz district and proceeds to the west as a major thoroughfare through Little Armenia and Thai Town, Hollywoo ...
, just west of
I-95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadia ...
and
State Road 9.
History
Seaboard Air Line Railway
The original station, which is used solely by Amtrak, is a former
Seaboard Air Line Railway
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ...
depot designed in the prevalent
Mediterranean Revival
Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonia ...
style by
Gustav Maass of the West Palm Beach architectural firm
Harvey & Clarke.
Although the first Seaboard passenger train arrived in January 1927, the station did not open until 1928, in what was then a remote area of Hollywood.
The station consists of three distinct sections. The southern end of the building contains the passenger station, while the northern end consists of the freight room and docks. The center section of the station contains the baggage room. Entry into the passenger
waiting room
A waiting room or waiting hall is a building, or more commonly a part of a building or a room, where people sit or stand until the event or appointment for which they are waiting begins.
There are two types of waiting room. One has individuals ...
is through doors on the southern end. On the west side of the building is a separate entrance into what was, in keeping with
racial segregation
Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into race (human classification), racial or other Ethnicity, ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crimes against hum ...
laws of the era, the "colored" waiting room; it was converted into railroad offices by the Seaboard in 1963.
Also in 1963, the Seaboard added a large Spanish-style barrel tile canopy to shelter the southern entrance, modifying the architectural details of the two entry porticos.
At the same time, the railroad replaced the concrete-etched station signs on either end of the building with copper signs. The station is virtually identical to the
Fort Lauderdale Seaboard station to the north.
The station was served by, among other Seaboard trains, the ''
Orange Blossom Special'' until 1953, and the ''
Silver Meteor
The ''Silver Meteor'' is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Miami, Florida. Introduced in 1939 as the first diesel-powered streamliner between New York and Florida, it was the flagship train of the Seaboard Air Line ...
'' beginning in 1939. Amtrak maintained ''Silver Meteor'' service to the station when it took over
intercity
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passenger train
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service in 1971. Both the ''Silver Meteor'' and Amtrak's ''
Silver Star
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'' continue to use the station.
Tri-Rail commuter service
In 1988, through an agreement with
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
, the successor to Seaboard, the
Florida Department of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is a decentralized agency charged with the establishment, maintenance, and regulation of public transportation in the state of Florida. The department was formed in 1969. It absorbed the powers of t ...
acquired the station as part of the state's South Florida Rail Corridor. In January 1989, the
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA), based in Pompano Beach, Florida, provides public transport services in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. The organization was created on July 1, 2003, by the Florida Legislat ...
(SFRTA) began using the station as a Tri-Rail stop. While Amtrak is the long-term lessee of the original station's ticket office, waiting room, baggage room, and platform, and the city of Hollywood is the long-term lessee of the freight room, Tri-Rail uses additional facilities built immediately to north of the old depot. The station is the southernmost Tri-Rail stop in Broward County.
Due in part to Tri-Rail's presence, Amtrak trains only stop southbound to discharge passengers and stop northbound to receive passengers bound for points north of West Palm Beach.
Station layout
The station has two
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
s and a station house with parking west of the southbound platform.
Gallery
File:Hollywood SAL Station North.jpg, View of south end of station
File:Hollywood SAL Station East.jpg, View of east side of station
File:Hollywood SAL Station N.jpg, View of north side of station
References
External links
Hollywood – South Florida Regional Transportation Authority*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110813201457/http://coh.hollywoodfl.org/rediscov/default.asp?ImageName=REDISCOV%2FIMAGES%2F__IMAGES_GLB20F53.jpg Photograph of station in 1920sbr>
Inaugural run of ''Silver Meteor'' arriving at station in 1939
{{South Florida rail metro system
Tri-Rail stations in Broward County, Florida
Amtrak stations in Florida
Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1928
Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Florida
1928 establishments in Florida