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The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
It continued to Titusville as the Atlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railroad, acquired in 1886. The Atlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railroad connected with the Florida East Coast Railway in Titusville. The Florida East Coast Railway later acquired the branch from Enterprise to Titusville in 1902. [4]
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1986–1992) AFLR 1986 1992 Alabama and Florida Railway: Alabama and Florida Railway: AF 1992 2011 Ceased operations in 2011 Alabama and Western Florida Railroad: 1926 1939 Alabama, Florida and Gulf Railroad: 1917 1936 Alabama and Florida Railroad (1936–1941) Alabama, Florida and Southern Railroad 1910 1917
Titusville is a city in and the county seat of Brevard County, Florida, United States. [8] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 48,789, up from 43,761 at the 2010 census. [ 5 ] Titusville is located along the Indian River , west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center , and south-southwest of the Canaveral National ...
The railroad reached Titusville in 1886 and Melbourne in 1894. With the railroad came increased settlement and the first tourists. In 1895, the first library in Brevard County was established in Cocoa as a community effort undertaken by the women of Cocoa.
The railroad of Florida East Coast Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the carrier, lies wholly within the State of Florida. It is a single-track standard-gauge railroad extending from Jacksonville on the north, in a general southerly direction down the east coast of Florida to Jewfish, and thence in a southwesterly direction across what are known as the Florida Keys, to Key West, a ...
The railroad reached Titusville in 1886 and Melbourne in 1894. With the railroad came increased settlement and the first tourists. The first major land boom began in the 1920s after the end of World War I. [6] People flooded into the state of Florida, both tourists from northern winters and new full-time residents, and land prices soared.
The Florida Railroad was the first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of Florida, running from Fernandina to Cedar Key. The line later became part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad , and, where still in use, is operated by CSX Transportation and the First Coast Railroad .