West Palm Beach station is an inter-city rail station in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is served by Brightline, connecting Miami and in the future,

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. The station is located in downtown West Palm Beach, on Evernia Street between Rosemary Avenue and Quadrille Boulevard. This is about half a mile east of Amtrak and

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West Palm Beach station West Palm Beach station is a train station in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is served by Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It o ...

and half a mile south of the older

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station that operated on the same tracks in the first half of the 1900s, next to where Quadrille Boulevard turns south after crossing the Flagler Memorial Bridge.

History

The station is a Modern style structure with illuminated

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columns supporting the upper concourse echoing the designs of the Miami and Fort Lauderdale stations also under construction on the line. It was planned and designed by

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in association with Zyscovich Architects. It was completed in late 2017. Foundation pouring at the site to construct the $29 million station occurred in early 2016. In March 2016 the raising of the 18 V shaped pillars began. Earlier in the month, a 130-foot (39-meter) crane toppled over at the site with no injuries. Brightline launched its first passenger service in January 2018 with several daily trains to Fort Lauderdale. Future plans include extending the service to other stations.

Tri-Rail Coastal Link

The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which operates the

commuter train, proposed the construction of a Downtown West Palm Beach station (also planned as Evernia Street station) co-located with the current station. This station would be served by the Green Line, which would operate from to

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in Jupiter.

References

External links

West Palm Beach station
– Brightline {{South Florida rail metro system, state=collapsed Brightline stations train station Railway stations in the United States opened in 2018 Transportation buildings and structures in Palm Beach County, Florida 2018 establishments in Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Tri-Rail stations in Palm Beach County, Florida Proposed Tri-Rail stations