Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center at LaVilla

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The Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center at LaVilla (JRTC) is an intermodal transit station in Jacksonville, Florida. It serves the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) bus system, the First Coast Flyer bus rapid transit (BRT) system, and the Jacksonville Skyway monorail, as well as home to JTA's administrative offices.


Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center at LaVilla
Location100 LaVilla Center Drive,
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
LaVilla
Jacksonville Skyway station
Convention Center Station.JPG
Location1101 W. Bay Street
Jacksonville, Florida
Coordinates30°19′45″N 81°40′20″W / 30.329047°N 81.672206°W / 30.329047; -81.672206
Owned byJacksonville Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Northbank Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1989,2020
Closed2017
Rebuilt1997
Previous namesTerminal, Convention Center
Services
Preceding station Jacksonville Transportation Authority Following station
Terminus Northbank Line Jefferson
toward Rosa Parks

History[]

LaVilla 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 and renamed "Convention Center" in reference to the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center. 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 had long planned to incorporate the site into an intermodal transit station, with the return of rail service to the Jacksonville Terminal.[1] In May 2017, JTA announced that the station would be closed about two months later for the construction of the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center (JRTC).[4]

The station reopened as part of the new Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center on May 4, 2020.[5]

LaVilla Station[]

LaVilla Station (formerly Terminal and Convention Center) is a Jacksonville Skyway monorail station 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 and the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center.

Future and proposed projects[]

First Coast Commuter Rail is a proposed passenger rail system serving Jacksonville, FL and the Northeast Florida region. It is currently in the early planning stages. Three routes were analyzed in depth: north to Yulee, FL, southwest to Green Cove Springs, FL, and southeast to St. Augustine, FL.[6]

Brightline is an inter-city passenger rail system between Miami, FL and West Palm Beach, FL with an under-construction extension to Orlando, FL. Jacksonville is a likely expansion point for the near future, as the FEC Railway already owns the tracks running there.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bell, Jon (December 22, 2014). "Jacksonville, Florida: The Skyway". www.jtbell.net. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Schneider, Jerry B. (May 31, 2013). "Jacksonville's Automated Skyway Express Downtown Peoplemover". faculty.washington.edu. University of Washington. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Skyway" (PDF). www.jtafla.com. Jacksonville Transportation Authority. June 6, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Kitchen, Sebastian (May 13, 2017). "JTA to shut down 2 Skyway stations for construction". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center officially open after COVID-19 delay". Action News Jax. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Feasibility Study Final Report
  7. ^ [2]
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