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{{Short description|Train station in Florida}}
{{About|the Tri-Rail and Amtrak station|the Brightline station|Fort Lauderdale station (Brightline)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Fort Lauderdale, FL
| style = Amtrak
| image = Fort Lauderdale SAL station NW.jpg
| image_caption = Northwest view of historic former [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|Seaboard Air Line Railway]] (now [[Amtrak]]) station
| address = 200 Southwest 21st Terrace
| borough = [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|26|7|10.09|N|80|10|11.54|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-FL|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Tri-Rail|South Florida Rail Corridor]]
| connections = {{bus icon}} [[Broward County Transit]]: 22<br />{{bus icon}} [[Metrobus (Miami-Dade County)|Metrobus]]: 95
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s
| train_operators = [[Amtrak]], [[Tri-Rail]]
| tracks = 2
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]]
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Fort Lauderdale}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationFL}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| opened = 1927
| rebuilt = 1986
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|FTL}}
| iata = ZFT
| owned = [[Florida Department of Transportation]]
| zone = 4 (Tri-Rail)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Floridian|left1=Hollywood|right1=Deerfield Beach
|line2=Silver Meteor|left2=Hollywood|right2=Deerfield Beach
|system3=SFRTA
|line3=Tri|left3=Fort Lauderdale Airport|right3=Cypress Creek
|line4=Express|left4=Metrorail Transfer|right4=Boca Raton}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Sunset Limited|left1=Deerfield Beach|right1=Hollywood|to-right1=Miami|note-mid1=1993-1996
|line2=Palmetto|left2=Hollywood|right2=Deerfield Beach|to-left2=Miami|note-mid2=2002-2004
|line3=Silver Star|left3=Hollywood|right3=Deerfield Beach
|line4=Floridian (1971–1979)|left4=Hollywood|right4=Deerfield Beach|to-left4=Miami
|system5=Seaboard Air Line Railroad
|line5=Main Line|left5=Opa Locka|right5=Pompano Beach|to-left5=Miami
}}
 | mapframe = yes
 | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#000 |zoom=14 }}
}}

'''Fort Lauderdale station''' is a [[train station]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]. It is served by [[Tri-Rail]] and [[Amtrak]]. The station is located on Southwest 21st Terrace, just south of [[Florida State Road 842|West Broward Boulevard]]. The station has two [[side platform]]s connected by an elevated passageway. The station building, parking lot, and bus stops are located west of the southbound platform.

== History ==
[[File:Ft. Lauderdale SAL 1927.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[Orange Blossom Special (train)|Orange Blossom Special]]'' arrives at the temporary Seaboard Air Line Railway Fort Lauderdale station in 1927.]]
The original station, which is used by Amtrak, is a former [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad|Seaboard Air Line Railway]] depot built in 1927. Designed in the prevalent [[Mediterranean Revival architecture|Mediterranean Revival]] style by [[Gustav Maass (architect)|Gustav Maass]] of the West Palm Beach architectural firm [[Harvey and Clarke|Harvey & Clarke]], it is virtually identical to the [[Hollywood (Tri-Rail station)|Hollywood Seaboard station]] to the south. The station took the place of a temporary structure that had been hastily erected at the end of 1926 to greet the January 1927 arrival of the first Seaboard passenger train in South Florida, the ''[[Orange Blossom Special (train)|Orange Blossom Special]]''.

The station was served by the ''Orange Blossom Special'' until 1953 and, among other Seaboard trains, the ''[[Silver Meteor]]'' beginning in 1939.  Amtrak maintained ''Silver Meteor'' service to the station when it took over [[Inter-city rail|intercity]] [[passenger train]] service in 1971. Both the ''Silver Meteor'' and Amtrak's ''[[Floridian (train)|Floridian]]'' continue to use the station.

On January 9, 1989, the [[South Florida Regional Transportation Authority|Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority]] began Tri-Rail service to the station, building additional facilities and a pedestrian overpass just north of the original station. A [[park and ride]] lot is available, and is directly accessible via a proprietary exit from [[Interstate 95 in Florida|Interstate 95]] north.

The station consists of a passenger waiting room on the northern end and a baggage room in the center section.  On the southern end is a freight room, which is used by [[CSX Transportation|CSX]], the successor to Seaboard. Just south of the street side entry to the passenger waiting room, and representative of the [[racial segregation]] laws of the era in which the station was constructed, is the entrance to what had been the "colored" waiting room.

On November 10, 2024, the ''Silver Star'' was merged with the {{lnl|Amtrak|Capitol Limited}} as the ''Floridian''.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=September 23, 2024 |title=Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami |url=https://media.amtrak.com/2024/09/amtrak-launching-the-floridian-with-daily-service-between-chicago-and-miami/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923190514/https://media.amtrak.com/2024/09/amtrak-launching-the-floridian-with-daily-service-between-chicago-and-miami/ |archive-date=September 23, 2024 |access-date=September 23, 2024 |publisher=Amtrak}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons and category|Fort Lauderdale train station|Fort Lauderdale train station}}
{{Amtrak web|FTL|Fort Lauderdale, FL}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170916191825/http://www.tri-rail.com/stations/fort-lauderdale-station South Florida Regional Transportation Authority – Fort Lauderdale Station]

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