Jefferson station is a

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station in

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. It is located on Bay Street just west of Jefferson Street in

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History

The Jefferson station was one of three original

stations that opened in June 1989 on the initial Phase I-A segment. It stands between Terminal and Convention Center station (now LaVilla station) to the west and

Central station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

to the east on the initial Phase I-A segment. All three stations were revamped in 1997, when the Skyway system switched from

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technology. Jefferson station has an adjacent

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lot. JTA closed the station in July 2017 for the construction of an adjacent apartment complex; Convention Center station was also closed for the construction of Jacksonville Intermodal Station and it reopened on July 1, 2020, as LaVilla station.

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