Kissimmee station is a train station in

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. It is served by

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, the

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system serving

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. The station opened in 1883, and has served several different railroads. It is the closest Amtrak station to

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History

Kissimmee Amtrak Station -- Platform Extension

Kissimmee station was originally built as a

South Florida Railroad The South Florida Railroad was a railroad from Sanford, Florida, to Tampa, Florida, becoming part of the Plant System in 1893 and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902. It served as the southernmost segment of the Atlantic Coast Line's ma ...

Depot 1883, and was also a junction for the

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and the original Florida Midland Railroad, all three of which were eventually acquired by the

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. It was replaced by an Atlantic Coast Line Depot in 1910, which is the building that remains to this day. The station was restored in 1976, but suffered some damage to the canopy during the

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that was repaired within two years. Sometime prior to 1990, it also contained a separate

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building, that was previously the site of the original South Florida Railroad depot. Kissimmee station is located on E. Dakin Avenue southeast of Pleasant Street. The sheltered low-level Amtrak platform crosses Dakin Avenue and runs as far west as Monument Avenue. An unsheltered asphalt platform continues southwest of Monument Avenue for boarding especially long trains.

SunRail service

The Kissimmee Amtrak is part of Phase 2 expansion of the

commuter rail system, opened on July 30, 2018. To accommodate this new service, the station underwent numerous upgrades, including the addition of a 381 space

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garage, a bus drop off area, and the addition of a second track and two raised side platforms northeast of the existing ground level platform. These additions are also integrated into the city of Kissimmee's long-range plans for an intermodal center.

Connections

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; Service to

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and points to the south and

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and intermediate points to the north.

References

External links

Kissimmee/Amtrak Station (SunRail)September 14, 1999 Photo by Bill Hakkarinen
(Amtrak Photo Archives)
Image from Dynamic Depot Maps
{{SunRail , state=expanded Amtrak stations in Florida Transportation buildings and structures in Osceola County, Florida Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1883 Buildings and structures in Kissimmee, Florida SunRail stations 1883 establishments in Florida