Altamonte Springs station explained

Style:SunRail
Altamonte Springs
Type:SunRail commuter rail
Address:2741 South Ronald Reagan Boulevard
Borough:Altamonte Springs, Florida
Coordinates:28.6639°N -81.3566°W
Connections: : 436N[1]
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:326 spaces
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Florida Department of Transportation
Zone:Seminole
Passengers:56,033 (annual)[2]
Pass Year:FY2018
Pass Percent:-8.7
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Altamonte Springs station is a train station in Altamonte Springs, Florida, serving SunRail, the commuter rail service of Central Florida. The station opened May 1, 2014,[3] and marks the return of passenger rail service in Altamonte Springs since the days of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.[4] It is the southernmost SunRail station in Seminole County, Florida.

Altamonte Springs is typical of most SunRail stations featuring canopies consisting of white aluminum poles supporting sloped green roofs and includes ticket vending machines, ticket validators, emergency call boxes, drinking fountains, and separate platforms designed for passengers in wheelchairs. The station is located along the former CSX A-Line (originally constructed by the South Florida Railroad) on the northeast corner of County Road 427 and State Road 436. The east side of the station is flanked by a local road named "Station Street", evidently named for the former ACL station, and the parking lot contains entrances both at CR 427 and at Leonard Street. A transit-oriented development called City Park at Merritt Street, which will feature a three-story, 102-unit affordable housing community consisting of townhomes atop flats, is currently planned to be constructed adjacent to the station.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SunRail Connections. 6 May 2016.
  2. Web site: SUNRAILANNUAL RIDERSHIP BY STATIONFY 2018 . SunRail . 21 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Opening-day rush: Riders pack SunRail train in DeBary. News-JournalOnline.com. 6 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Atlantic Coast Line - Jacksonville to Sarasota. 6 May 2016.
  5. Web site: SunRail sparks more than 1,000 nearby apartment units . Orlando Sentinel . 25 May 2015 . 28 May 2015.