Maitland station
Maitland | |||||||||||
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 Maitland station platforms | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 801 North Orlando Avenue Maitland, Florida | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°38′05″N 81°21′44″W / 28.634757°N 81.362209°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Florida Department of Transportation | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  LYNX: 102 NeighborLink: 852[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 125 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Orange | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 11, 2014[2][3] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2023 | 29,020[4]  15.2% | ||||||||||
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Maitland station is a SunRail commuter rail station in Maitland, Florida. The station is located on the west side of Orlando Avenue (US 17/92) along the former CSX A-Line. It is 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) south of Maitland Boulevard (SR 414) and 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of Maitland's City Centre district.
A transit-oriented development, called The Parker at Maitland Station, is adjacent to the station and features a five-story, 293-unit luxury apartment community.[5][6]
History[edit]
Predecessor[edit]
Rail service to Maitland was first provided by the South Florida Railroad, which was built in 1880 and ran from Sanford to Orlando. The tracks were purchased by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902, where they became a segment of what is now known as the CSX A-Line. A depot building was constructed in 1883 near Maitland's Lake Lily, but the structure was torn down in 1969 following tornado damage.[7]
Current station[edit]
An opening ceremony for Maitland station was held on April 11, 2014, with SunRail service starting the following month.[2][3] The station was built on the former lumber yard of Parker Lumber Co., which FDOT had purchased in 2011.[8]
In late 2014, a shuttle route was established to connect the station to the nearby Maitland Center office park.[9] Plans were made to convert it to an on-demand shuttle, but high cost estimates and development delays led to the service being replaced with an Uber discount code in 2016.[10]
In 2015, the City of Maitland constructed a pedestrian boardwalk to Greenwood Gardens, a neighborhood adjacent to the station, in an effort to help boost ridership.[11][12] The city also made plans to build a parking garage at the station[13] and approved the construction of a 293-unit apartment complex.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "SunRail Connections". LYNX. Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ a b Freed, Tim (2014-03-05). "Winter Park SunRail Station celebrates grand opening". West Orange Times & Observer. Observer Media Group. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ a b "Maitland SunRail Station grand opening". Orlando Business Journal. Advance Publications. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "SunRail Annual Ridership by Station: Fiscal Year to Date, July 2022 – June 2023" (PDF). SunRail. Florida Department of Transportation.
- ^ a b Lemongello, Steven (2015-04-27). "Maitland approves apartments next to SunRail station — under protest". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ a b Fluker, Anjali (2016-02-16). "Exclusive: Construction kicks off on $47M apartment complex by SunRail". Orlando Business Journal. Advance Publications. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ Taylor, George Lansing, Jr. "Railroading in Maitland Marker, Maitland, FL". George Lansing Taylor Collection. University of North Florida.
- ^ Freeman, Joseph (2011-12-10). "After 77 years, Parker Lumber in Maitland closes to make way for SunRail". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ Tracy, Dan (2014-12-09). "Shuttle to serve Maitland SunRail commuters soon". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. pp. B1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Kassab, Beth (2016-05-23). "Goodbye, FlexBus and hello, Uber". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ Wilson, Sarah (2015-06-25). "Budget balloons for Maitland boardwalk project". Winter Park/Maitland Observer. Observer Media Group.
- ^ "Trail by Maitland Sunrail station to cost $300,000". MyFoxOrlando (Fox 35 News). Fox Television Stations. 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ "Maitland wants SunRail parking garage". MyFoxOrlando (Fox 35 News). Fox Television Stations. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
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