Welcome back to #TravelThursday. My new hometown of Sebring Florida has its very own AMTRAK station (#SBG) downtown. Located at 601 East Center Avenue (less than a half-mile from The Circle) – the Sebring Train Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built 99 years ago in 1924. I imagine that some type of celebration may be observed next year for its centennial. It’s been in near-continuous operation ever since.
Many trains have stopped in Sebring to pick-up and drop-off passengers to and from the Florida Heartland. But the trains of the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star continue to do so to this day. Both routes run between Miami and New York. The Silver Meteor has been running since 1939. The Silver Star – 1947.
Headed southbound to Miami the two trains depart from Sebring at 1448 and 1514. They arrive in Miami about 3 hours and 45 minutes later. (They remain there overnight.)
Headed northbound to Washington D.C. the two trains depart from Sebring at 1123 and 1445. The 1123 train arrives in D.C. at 0725 the next morning. The 1445 train arrives in D.C. over 24 hours later at 1504. (It takes a slightly longer route.)
It’s a busy half-hour each afternoon from 1443 to 1514 at the Sebring Train Station with 2 southbound trains and 1 northbound train pulling-in for no more than 2 to 3 minutes each.
I may be wrong, but I don’t think that I have ever ridden on an AMTRAK train in my life. I’d like to change that and eventually take a trip sometime during my retirement years. I checked-out a trip from Sebring to Dallas Texas (where my family lives). It would take almost exactly 72 hours to get there with transfers in Washington D.C. and Chicago. Layovers would be 8 hours and 40 minutes and 5 hours and 10 minutes respectively. I’ll hold-off for now on checking the cost of that trip.
One of these days I’ll just go to the train station to take pictures of it.
Next #TravelThursday – I’m headed back to the Fort Myers campus of Florida SouthWestern State College. Let’s keep traveling together.
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