Tampa Union Station

Tampa, FL
General information
Location	601 Nebraska Avenue (SR 45) Tampa, Florida United States
Coordinates	27°57′8″N 82°27′4″W / 27.95222°N 82.45111°W / 27.95222; -82.45111
Owned by	City of Tampa
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Amtrak Thruway Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: TPA
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1998
Passengers
FY 2023	129,036[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Reverses direction Silver Star Lakeland toward Miami or New York
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Clearwater toward St. Petersburg Floridian Lakeland toward Chicago Lakeland toward Miami Palmetto (2002-2004) Dade City toward New York Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Ybor City toward Richmond Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad Thonotosassa Junction toward Richland Tampa Southern Railroad Uceta toward Southfort Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Gary toward Richmond Brooksville Subdivision Gary toward Waldo
Union Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic plaque
Built	1912
Architect	J.F. Leitner, W.C. Hobbs Company
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	74000640[2]
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1974
Route map Legend Amtrak Silver Star to New York City or Miami 2 3 Track numbers: 2: charter; 3: scheduled All platforms are accessible This diagram: view talk edit

Tampa Union Station (TUS) is a historic train station in Tampa, Florida. It was designed by Joseph F. Leitner and was opened on May 15, 1912, by the Tampa Union Station Company. Its original purpose was to combine passenger operations for the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line and the Tampa Northern Railroad at a single site. The station is located at 601 North Nebraska Avenue (SR 45). Amtrak reported in its fiscal year 2022 report that the station is Amtrak's second busiest station in Florida, with a station ridership of 110,901.^[3]

In 1974, as Union Railroad Station, Tampa Union Station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places^[4] and in 1988 it received local landmark status from the City of Tampa.^[5][6] After its condition deteriorated substantially, Tampa Union Station was closed in 1984; Amtrak passengers used a temporary prefabricated station building (nicknamed an "Amshack") located adjacent to the station platforms after the building was closed.

Tampa Union Station was restored and reopened to the public in 1998. Today it operates as an Amtrak station for the Silver Star line. It also provides Amtrak Thruway services to Orlando, Lakeland, Pinellas Park-St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers.^[7]

Presently, when the Silver Star leaves Tampa, it reverses direction and retraces its path 40 miles (64 km) east to Lakeland before continuing to Miami or New York. When traveling either northbound or southbound, the train uses a wye to back into the stub-ended station and departs with the train pointing away from the depot.