Ocala Union Station
The Ocala Union Station (also known as Union Station Plaza) is a historic site in Ocala, Florida, United States. It is located at 531 Northeast First Avenue, and was built in 1917 by both the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads. Prior to this, ACL and SAL had separate depots in Ocala. The former ACL station was originally built by the Florida Southern Railroad, while the former SAL station was built by the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad. On December 22, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. History. The  station's ACL New York-originating trains included the "West Coast Champion" and "Havana Special." Those trains made connections in Jacksonville's Union Station for trains to Mid-Western cities, the "City of Miami," "Dixie Flagler," "Dixie Flyer," "Dixie Limited," "Flamingo," "Seminole," "South Wind." The station was on the SAL's main line, as such it served the New York-originating "Camellia," "Palmland," "Sunland," "Silver Meteor" and "Silver Star." The station served in the 1970s Amtrak's "Silver Meteor" and Chicago-Miami "Floridian." In the 1980s and 1990s it served Amtrak's "Silver Palm." It also served as a stop  for Amtrak's "Palmetto" service until 2004, using the Seaboard Air Line's former tracks, now part of the Wildwood Subdivision, a segment of the CSX S Line. The former Atlantic Coast Line tracks are now part of Florida Northern Railroad. Currently Amtrak exclusively offers bus service from the station twice a day: one run to connect to the "Silver Star" in Lakeland and one to connect in Jacksonville. There are several intermediate stops in each direction. Ocala's SunTran bus service still uses the station to this day. The Shuttleliner limo/van service offers several trips daily to Orlando  International Airport from the station. Greyhound service will be provided at the Pilot Travel Center at 4032 W. Highway 326, two blocks east of Interstate 75.