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=== 1920s: Seaboard-All Florida Railway === {{See also|Seaboard-All Florida Railway}} The line on which Tri-Rail operates was built by the Seaboard-All Florida Railway (a subsidiary of the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]]) for [[Inter-city rail|intercity]] passenger rail service in the early 1920s. The line was inaugurated on January 7, 1927. Intercity rail service by Seaboard operated the [[Orange Blossom Special (train)|Orange Blossom Special]] service from [[New York City]] until 1953. [[Amtrak]] continues to offer passenger rail service with the ''[[Floridian (train)|Floridian]]'' train from [[Chicago Union Station|Chicago]] and ''[[Silver Meteor]]'' train from [[New York Penn Station|New York City]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Woods |first=Kimberly |date=2024-09-23 |title=Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami |url=https://media.amtrak.com/2024/09/amtrak-launching-the-floridian-with-daily-service-between-chicago-and-miami/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Amtrak Media |language=en-US}}</ref> Today, the original 1920s Seaboard stations are used by Tri-Rail for service at [[West Palm Beach station|West Palm Beach]], [[Deerfield Beach station|Deerfield Beach]], [[Fort Lauderdale station|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Hollywood station (Florida)|Hollywood]]. Though no longer in use, the Seaboard stations at [[Delray Beach Seaboard Air Line Railway Station|Delray Beach]], [[Opa-locka station|Opa-locka]] and [[Hialeah station (Seaboard Air Line Railway)|Hialeah]] are still standing.
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