Convention Center station (Jacksonville Skyway)
Convention Center | |||||||||||
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| Jacksonville Skyway station | |||||||||||
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| Location |
1101 W. Bay Street Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°19′45″N 81°40′20″W / 30.329047°N 81.672206°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Jacksonville Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Northbank Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1997 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Terminal | ||||||||||
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Convention Center station is a station of Jacksonville Skyway monorail system in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located on Bay Street just west of Jefferson Street in the LaVilla neighborhood of Downtown Jacksonville. It is adjacent to the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.
History
The station was one of the three original Jacksonville Skyway stops that opened with the initial 0.7-mile (1.1 km) Phase I-A segment in June 1989. It was originally called "Terminal Station" in reference to the Jacksonville Terminal, a former train station that was converted into the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center in 1986. Built to provide public transit access to the Convention Center, it was (and remains) the western terminus of line, which ran east to Jefferson station and Central station. All three stations were renovated in 1997, when the Skyway transitioned from Matra to Bombardier Transportation technology.[1][2]
The station has an adjacent park and ride lot.[3] The City of Jacksonville plans to turn the site into an intermodal transit station with the return of rail service to the Jacksonville Terminal.[1]
References
- 1 2 Bell, Jon (December 22, 2014). "Jacksonville, Florida: The Skyway". www.jtbell.net. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ↑ Schneider, Jerry B. (May 31, 2013). "Jacksonville's Automated Skyway Express Downtown Peoplemover". faculty.washington.edu. University of Washington. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Skyway" (PDF). www.jtafla.com. Jacksonville Transportation Authority. June 6, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2016.