AdventHealth station

AdventHealth
SunRail commuter rail
Looking north from AdventHealth station towards Winter Park, Sanford, DeBary, and eventually DeLand.
General information
Location	500 East Rollins Street Orlando, Florida
Coordinates	28.57287°N 81.37148°W / 28.57287; -81.37148
Owned by	Florida Department of Transportation
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	LYNX: 102, 125[1]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	2 garages (operated by hospital)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Orange
History
Opened	May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01)
Passengers
FY2023	62,428[2]  4.9%
Services
Preceding station SunRail Following station Lynx Central towards Poinciana SunRail Winter Park towards DeLand
Location

AdventHealth station (formerly Florida Hospital Health Village station) is a SunRail commuter rail station in Orlando, Florida. The station serves the AdventHealth Orlando hospital complex, the Lake Ivanhoe and College Park neighborhoods, and Loch Haven Park, a municipal park which contains the Orlando Museum of Art, the Orlando Science Center, and the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.^[3]

The station is located at the intersection of Princeton Street (SR 438) and North Orange Avenue (SR 527) between two AdventHealth Orlando parking garages. It is the northernmost SunRail stop in the city limits of Orlando.

History

SunRail was constructed along the CSX A-Line, a rail corridor which was constructed in 1880 by the South Florida Railroad. Of the four stations in Orlando proper, Florida Hospital Health Village was the only station built from scratch: Church Street and Orlando Health/Amtrak were built at former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations, and LYNX Central was built at an existing bus station.

Florida Hospital included the station in plans for Health Village, a mixed-use district that would include apartments, restaurants, and retail in the area surrounding the hospital.^[4] Adventist Health System, which owns the hospital, built a regional headquarters building next to the station.^[5]

The station was soft opened on April 3, 2014. All four Orlando stations held a grand opening on April 30, 2014, and SunRail entered service the following day.^[6]

In July 2014, Florida Hospital installed additional crossing arms and medians to four streets around the station, which allowed the area to be declared a quiet zone.^[7] The city of Orlando also expanded sidewalks and bike trails in Loch Haven Park to improve its connection to the station.^[8]

In December 2014, Orlando began soliciting local artists for a $50,000 public art piece, which would be installed at the station and serve as an "entry point" for the nearby Loch Haven Park.^[9] The resulting art piece, a 41-by-13-foot (12.5 m × 4.0 m) mural painted by Martha Lent, was installed on December 16, 2016 and is visible from the northbound platform.^[10]

In early 2019, the Florida Hospital Health Village complex was renamed to AdventHealth Orlando. The station's name was changed accordingly.^[11]

References

1. "SunRail Connections". LYNX. Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
2. "SunRail Annual Ridership by Station: Fiscal Year to Date, July 2022 – June 2023" (PDF). SunRail. Florida Department of Transportation.
3. Broffman, Matthew (2014-01-22). "Photo Tour: Florida Hospital Health Village SunRail Station Progress". Bungalower. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
4. Freeman, Michael W. (2014-02-27). "SunRail may help to create urban "villages," advocates say". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
5. Powers, Scott (2014-03-17). "Adventist to open new HQ for Florida". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. pp. D1 – via NewsBank.
6. "Orlando releases SunRail station schedule". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. 2014-04-02. pp. O11 – via NewsBank.
7. Broffman, Matthew (2014-07-10). "Rail Quiet Zones to Start this Summer for Some Crossings". Bungalower. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
8. Broffman, Matthew (2013-10-25). "Arts Groups Working Together to Improve Loch Haven Park". Bungalower. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
9. Broffman, Matthew (2014-12-03). "City seeks public art for SunRail station at Loch Haven Park". Bungalower. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
10. O'Connor, Brendan (2016-12-18). "Local artwork installed at Florida Hospital SunRail station". Bungalower. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
11. "Technical Advisory Committee: Quarterly Update (January 9, 2019)" (PDF). SunRail. Florida Department of Transportation. 2019-01-09. pp. 19, 42.

External links

Media related to AdventHealth station at Wikimedia Commons

• AdventHealth – SunRail