Poinciana | ||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) SunRail train stopped at Poinciana station | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 5025 South Rail Avenue Kissimmee, Florida | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°15′32″N81°29′04″W / 28.258829°N 81.484368°W /28.258829; -81.484368 | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections |   : 306,NeighborLink 604,[1]Citrus Connection 19X[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 254 spaces | |||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Osceola | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 16, 1974[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Closed | December 8, 1975[4] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | July 30, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
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Poinciana station is atrain station in the community ofPoinciana, Florida. It is the southern terminus ofSunRail, the commuter rail service ofGreater Orlando. The station opened on July 30, 2018.[5] The site was briefly used byAmtrak from 1974 to 1975. In addition to Poinciana, the station also serves the nearby communities ofIntercession City andCampbell.
In the mid-1970s, the site was planned as the southern terminus forAmtrak's inauguralauto ferry service calledAutoTrak connecting Florida toIndianapolis Union Station, in competition with theAuto-Train Corporation'sAuto-Train service. Amtrak initially built a complex with a 1,600 square foot modular building, a parking lot and two spur-lines with eventual plans for a 7,000 square foot facility. The initial complex opened on September 16, 1974, with the simultaneous arrival of theFloridian and theChampion trains. It was envisioned to be the official stop for tourists bound forWalt Disney World. TheAutoTrak service never came to life, however, and the station was used for just over a year as a stop for theChampion and theFloridian until December 12, 1975, when those trains began stopping atKissimmee instead.[3][4][6][7] Sometime in the 1980s, the station building was demolished, the spur-lines were removed and the parking lot along with the access road into the site were abandoned and eventually overgrew with vegetation over the years. The site sat vacant until construction of the Poinciana SunRail station began in early 2016.
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