The Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station is a historic

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Hialeah Hialeah ( ; ) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census, it is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in Miami-Dade County in the Miami met ...

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. It is located at 1200 Southeast 10th Court. Built in 1926, the station is essentially identical to the Naples Seaboard station on the southwest coast of Florida. Architects

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, who also designed many other Seaboard Air Line stations of the period, designed the

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station. It was served by, among other Seaboard trains, the '' Orange Blossom Special'' until 1953, and the ''

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'' beginning in 1939. Passenger service to the station ended in 1972. On July 14, 1995, the station was added to the

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. In 1989, the

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began

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commuter rail service to the station, adding a

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style structure immediately to the south, which it calls the Hialeah Market station.

Gallery

File:Hialeah FL SAL RR Station04.jpg, West side File:Hialeah FL SAL RR Station03.jpg, South side File:Hialeah FL SAL RR Station02.jpg, East side

References

External links

Miami-Dade County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
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Hialeah Seaboard Airline Railway Station
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