Lake Worth is a

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 i ...

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

station in

Lake Worth Beach, Florida Lake Worth Beach, previously named Lake Worth, is a city in east-central Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located about north of Miami. The city's name is derived from the body of water along its eastern border known as the Lake Worth ...

, at the confluence of Lake Worth Road (SR 802) and

Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...

. Opening to service January 9, 1989, parking is available at this station, all of which is beneath I-95 on the south side of Lake Worth Road.

Station layout

The station has two

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s and a parking lot east of the northbound platform, located underneath the

overpass. Access to the station is from the northbound platform, with an overpass connecting to the southbound platform.

Accidents and incidents

On January 4, 2016, A Tri-Rail passenger train derailed after colliding with a

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which had broken down on a

grade crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term also ...

. Twenty-two people were injured.

References

External links

South Florida Regional Transportation Authority - Lake Worth station

Station from Google Maps Street View
Buildings and structures in Lake Worth Beach, Florida Tri-Rail stations in Palm Beach County, Florida Railway stations in the United States opened in 1989 1989 establishments in Florida {{Florida-railstation-stub