Mangonia Park 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 ...
commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...
station in
Mangonia Park, Florida
Mangonia Park is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is a part of Uptown West Palm, which also includes Riviera Beach and West Palm Beach. The population was 1,888 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population recorded by the ...
. This is the system's northernmost station. The station is located on 45th Street (
CR 702), just west of
Australian Avenue (CR 704A). There are 273 parking spaces at the station.
History
The Mangonia Park station was opened on October 28, 1996, along a former
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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 ...
line, and was the first station to serve the community.
Every January, Palm Beach County Public School safety patrol boards charter an
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...
train at the station for their annual trip to
Washington, D.C.
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The train operates with a ''
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 R ...
'' consist plus several
Horizon coaches. On the days this train operates, the northbound or southbound ''Silver Meteors'' are actually canceled since the train uses the equipment that would normally be used for those runs. This is the only time an Amtrak operated train stops at this station.
Station layout
Mangonia Park is served by routes 20, 31, and 33 of
Palm Tran
Palm Tran is the public transit bus system run by the Palm Beach County Government, serving Palm Beach County, Florida. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Palm Tran also serves a portion of Broward County, Florida ...
, the county bus system.
These buses serve
The Gardens Mall
The Gardens Mall is a two-story, enclosed shopping mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Its anchors are Macy's, Sears, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue, and it features more than 160 specialty shops and restaurants.
History
The Gar ...
, Downtown West Palm Beach, the VA Medical Center,
and Cross County Plaza. 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 platform ...
s, with buses and parking adjacent to the Track 1 platform.
References
External links
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority - Mangonia Park stationStation from Google Maps Street View
Tri-Rail stations in Palm Beach County, Florida
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996
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