Talk:Union Station (Los Angeles)

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To-do list	Pending tasks for Union Station (Los Angeles):	(purge cache –  edit this list)
	Add photos of the exterior (especially of the facade) and the track areas Expand the history of the building discussing the reasons for its existence and how it replaced the three terminals of the SF, SP and UP Discuss connections to the Pacific Electric Railway including both passenger and express freight service Discuss the station's prominent role in movies
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The 75 trains per week seems awfully low. The San Diego Santa Fe Depot sees 150 trains per week and I'm sure LAUPT sees far more trains. MrHudson

It is way too low. Metrolink alone has 75 daily departures.--Slightlyslack 10:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] LACMTA Red Line

The Union Station page is part of a larger effort to document the Red Line. It has been restored to it's original page. Pacific Coast Highway 02:10, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] merge with Union Station (LACMTA Station)?

Although I am generally an advocate of merging smaller articles into large articles, I don't think that this proposed merger serves the Wikipedia. One reason for not doing the mergier is that Union Station LA and Union Station LACMTA are really two different projects that just happen to be one on top of the other with very similar names. Another reason is that the Union Station is going to end up a big hodge-podge of info anyway once you add all the appropriate info on Amtrak and MetroRail, fill out the info on the history of the station, and then add some of the info from the To-do list such as the use of Union Station as a location in movies. BlankVerse ∅ 12:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm indifferent on this one. As a current non-resident, I'm inclined to combine the two articles into one, but as a former resident, I also think they should remain separate. I've only visited the station once since the Red Line opened, but I seem to remember that the two stations operate more independently than an article merge would indicate. Am I right in remembering that the entry to one is completely separate from the other? If so, then the articles should remain separate (but at least mention and link to each other). slambo 13:24, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Merge-Why not?! Pacific Coast Highway 13:27, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Merge - Conditionally; if anything, Union Station (LACMTA) should be folded into Union Station (LA) as the latter is the more significant entity.--Lordkinbote 19:21, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Merge - There are occasions when having separate articles serves a categorization purpose, but I can't find one here. Combining the articles will make the information more accessible to readers. -Willmcw 19:39, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] rail accidents associated with LAUPT

There are a couple of interesting accidents (and one photo!) listed at List of rail accidents. I won't get a chance to add them today, but will try to come back to this article sometime this next week. BlankVerse ∅ 13:00, 27 August 2005 (UTC)