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[[Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach]] buses connect with [[Jacksonville (Amtrak station)|Jacksonville, Florida]], to the north and [[Lakeland (Amtrak station)|Lakeland, Florida (to/from points south, LKL)]], to the south. Buses arrive/depart stations to connect with the [[Silver Service (Amtrak train)|Amtrak Silver Service]]. Amtrak '''train''' service is available at [[Palatka (Amtrak station)|Palatka, Florida]], {{convert|32|mi|km|0}} to the east.
At one time, Gainesville had railroad lines extending in six directions from the community and was served by several depots, the earliest route constructed reaching the town in 1859. As traffic and business patterns changed, the less heavily used railroads were abandoned beginning in 1943, and some routes realigned, with the last trains running in the middle of Main Street in 1948. <ref>http://members.cox.net/yrrd/towns.html</ref> By the 1980s, the only freight operator into the city was the [[Seaboard System]], (formerly the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]], now merged into [[CSX Transportation|CSX]]). Passenger service into Gainesville had ended by the time of [[Amtrak]]'s 1971 creation. In 1984, the last freight trackage was removed as the Seaboard abandoned the branch through Gainesville to Hawthorne due to light customer traffic on the line. <ref>http://www.dot.state.fl.us/rail/PlanDevel/RSAC/Mtg2files/Premtg/1985%20Inventory.pdf</ref>
In addition to its extensive road network, Gainesville is also served by [[Gainesville Regional Transit System]], or RTS, which is the fourth largest mass transit system in the state. The area is also served by [[Gainesville Regional Airport]] in the northeast part of the city, with daily service to [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] and [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]].
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