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}} Tampa Union Station (TUS) is a historic train station in Tampa, Florida. It was designed by Joseph F. Leitner and 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). In 1974, as Union Railroad Station, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places〔(National Register Nomination for Union Railroad Station, Tampa, FL, 1974. )〕 and in 1988 it received local landmark status from the City of Tampa.〔(City of Tampa Landmark Designations, p. 57. Information on Union Station )〕〔(City of Tampa Landmark Designation Report, 1988. )〕 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 Motorcoach services to Orlando, Lakeland, Pinellas Park-St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers.〔(Amtrak Website )〕 ==Design== The station was originally built with eight tracks, only one is in regular use today (designated as "Track 2"), with adjacent Track 3 used for private railroad cars and special display trains on occasion (as is the case during National Train Day celebrations at the station, when Amtrak equipment is displayed on Track 3 〔(Video of Amtrak special display train arriving on Track 3 at Tampa Union Station )〕). Although the other tracks remain in place, they are out of service; some have been severed from the main track. Original track bumpers, constructed of poured concrete, are also still located at the end of several of the remaining tracks. Adjacent to each of these bumpers are flower pots that have "TUS" imprinted on them. Other buildings are unused, including the train wash and car repair facility; both of these elements were added by Amtrak in the 1980s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tampa Union Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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