Union Station (WMATA station)

Union Station
Station statistics
Address 701 1st Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
Lines
Connections

Metrobus
DC Circulator
Loudoun County Commuter Bus
MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
OmniRide Commuter

Amtrak, VRE and MARC by way of Union Station
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities 23 racks
Other information
Opened March 27, 1976; 35 years ago (March 27, 1976)
Accessible
Code B03
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Formerly Union Station-Visitor Center
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 10.156 million[1]
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Red Line
toward Glenmont

Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.

The station is located in Northeast of the city under the western end of Union Station, the main train station for Washington, at which connections can be made to Amtrak intercity trains as well as the Virginia Railway Express and MARC commuter rail trains to the suburbs.

It features an island platform with two exits, one mid-platform leading into the main part of the station and Massachusetts Avenue and the other at the northern end emptying onto 1st Street NE and to the main boarding concourse.

The station was originally named "Union Station-Visitor Center" but when the National Visitor Center there failed, it was renamed Union Station. In fact, one or two pylons still read "Union Station-Visitor Center," and a number of older stations still display this name on signage. Like the other original stations, Union Station sports coffered vaults of concrete in its ceiling.[2]

Service began on March 27, 1976 with the opening of the Red Line. It is the busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 32,745 passengers per weekday as of May 2010.[3]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ Neighborhood profiles WDCEP Retrieved 2011-10-19
  2. ^ Construction: Tunnels
  3. ^ "Metro Media Guide" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2010. http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/2010_Media_Guide.pdf. Retrieved July 14, 2011. 

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