page_title: Tampa Terminal Subdivision
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tampa Terminal Subdivision / History
caption_attribution_description: Local call number: RC11821 Title: Union Railroad Station: Tampa, Florida Date: 1922 General note: Union Railroad Station, located at 601 North Nebraska Avenue in Tampa, Florida, opened in 1912. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&amp;w - 8 x 10 in. Series Title: Reference Collection Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/34291
context_page_description: The Tampa Terminal Subdivision is a group of railroad lines owned by CSX Transportation in and around Tampa, Florida. The Tampa Terminal Subdivision covers track around Yeoman and Uceta Yards and is located at the end of two of CSX's U.S. East Coast main lines to Richmond, Virginia, the A Line and the S Line.
context_section_description: The A Line was previously the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad with Uceta Yard being their main Tampa yard.  The Atlantic Coast Line main line was originally built by the South Florida Railroad, which was part of Henry B. Plant's system of railroads.  The line began service in 1884, and was taken over by the Atlantic Coast Line in 1902 after they bought the Plant System.
  The Neve Spur was originally part of the Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad, another Plant System railroad which at one point extended northeast to Zephyrhills and Vitis Junction.
  The S Line was previously the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad with Yeoman Yard being their main Tampa yard.  The Seaboard Air Line main line was originally part of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad and began service in 1890.  The Seaboard Air Line acquired the line in 1903.  In 1909, the Seaboard Air Line established its own port facility on Seddon Island (known today as Harbour Island).  Seddon Island was named after Seaboard's chief engineer W.L. Seddon.  The railroad would close and sell the Seddon Island terminal in 1979.  Seaboard built Yeoman Yard in the 1950s to mostly replace what is now known as Old Tampa Yard downtown.
  The AZA line south to East Tampa was built later in 1924 by the Tampa Southern Railroad a subsidiary of the Atlantic Coast Line.  The control point "TS" at the north end of the line is a reference to the Tampa Southern.
  The Hooker's Point Lead and track leading to the Clearwater Subdivision was originally built by the Tampa Northern Railroad in 1908.  The Seaboard Air Line bought the Tampa Northern in 1912.
  In 1912, the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and the Tampa Northern Railroads jointly built Tampa Union Station to consolidate passenger operations in Tampa at a single location.  The Atlantic Coast Line's previous depot (built by the South Florida Railroad) was located on the east side of the intersection of Ashley and Madison Streets.  The Seaboard Air Line's depot (built by the FC&P Railroad) was located at the intersection of Franklin and Whiting Streets.
  The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line merged in 1967 becoming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.  This brought all tracks in Tampa under a single owner.  In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.  The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into CSX Transportation.  Prior to the merger, the Seaboard main line (S Line) continued west from Gary giving the Seaboard its own access to Tampa Union Station.  The S Line route into Tampa Union Station, which ran beside Adamo Drive, was removed in the 1990s, after Amtrak discontinued service to St. Petersburg in 1984.
caption: Tampa Union Station
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