Union Station (Dallas)

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Union Station
Passengers at Union Station
Station statistics
Address	400 South Houston Street Dallas, Texas 75201
Lines	Light rail: Blue Line, Red Line Commuter: Trinity Railway Express Amtrak: Texas Eagle
Connections	DART Routes 8, 11, 19, 21, 60 and 76
Platforms	5 side platforms (ground level)
Other information
Opened	14 June 1996
Accessible
Code	DAL (Amtrak)
Owned by	Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Fare zone	Eastern TRE Fare Zone (TRE)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	27,374 ▼ 15%

Union Station is a DART light rail, Trinity Railway Express commuter rail and Amtrak intercity rail station located in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) on Houston Street, between Wood and Young Streets. Amtrak's Texas Eagle also serves the station.

The light rail station opened on June 14, 1996 and is a station on the Red and Blue lines as well as the TRE commuter line (Green Line), serving Union Station, the Greyhound bus terminal, the George Allen Courts Building, Dealey Plaza, the Hyatt Regency at Reunion, Reunion Tower and Reunion Arena.

[edit] History

Constructed in 1916 as Dallas Union Terminal, the structure now known as Union Station was built to consolidate five rail stations scattered around Dallas into one, making Dallas a major transportation center in the Southwestern United States. At the peak of its usage, as many as 80 trains stopped each day at the station.^[1]

In 1934, as part of the federally-sponsored Public Works of Art Project, Jerry Bywaters and Alexander Hogue were granted the first commission in Texas to created a series of ten murals depicting events in Dallas history. They painted them on the walls of the second-floor lobby at the old Dallas City Hall Building, located on Harwood Street between Main and Commerce Streets. In 1954, the murals were destroyed when City Hall relocated. When the station was renovated to accommodate light rail usage, the murals were partially recreated by Phillip Lamb along the train platforms at Union Station.^[1] In 1954, the building served as a temporary library while the Dallas Public Library system built a new central library to replace the original Carnegie Library.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Union Station
• TRE - Dallas Union Station
• Amtrak Texas Eagle Station - Dallas, TX

• Amtrak - Stations - Dallas, TX

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Dallas Amtrak-DART-TRE Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

• Union Station (Dallas) is at coordinates 32°46′34″N 96°48′30″W / 32.775981, -96.808282 (Union Station (Dallas))Coordinates: 32°46′34″N 96°48′30″W / 32.775981, -96.808282 (Union Station (Dallas))

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Fort Worth toward San Antonio or Los Angeles		Texas Eagle		Mineola toward Chicago
Preceding station		Dallas Area Rapid Transit		Following station
Convention Center Station toward Westmoreland		Red Line		West End toward Parker Road
Convention Center Station toward Ledbetter		Blue Line		West End toward Downtown Garland
Victory toward T&P		Trinity Railway Express		Terminus