A union station or union terminal is a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. Often the station is used by all passenger trains serving the city, but this is not necessarily true; specifically, commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois, for example, still use four different terminals.
Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C. when it opened in 1907.
Union Station is a major railway, subway, and streetcar station at 65 Front Street West between Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Currently, the primary function of the railway station is to act as a terminus for commuters on GO Transit, thanks to which it is busier than any other transport facility in the country, including airports. It also serves as a hub for intercity trains, and many railway companies have their offices within the building.
Union Station is a DART light rail, 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.
Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.
Union Station in Los Angeles, which opened in May 1939, is known as the "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the United States, but even with its massive and ornate waiting room and adjacent ticket concourse, it is considered small in comparison to other union stations. It was formerly designated the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT), but its current owner, Catellus Development, officially changed the name to Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS).
Union Station is a Chicago train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. Union Station was built on the west side of the Chicago River and stands between Adams Street and Jackson Street. It is, including approach and storage tracks, about nine and a half city blocks in size, and almost entirely beneath streets and skyscrapers.
Union Station or Pennsylvania Station is a historical train station at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unlike many union stations built in the US to serve the needs of more than one railroad, this facility connected the Pennsylvania Railroad with several subsidiary lines; for that reason it was renamed in 1912 to match other Pennsylvania Stations.
Union Station is a train station near the west shore of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, in Old Town Chinatown.
Union Station is Denver, Colorado, USA's historic train station at 17th and Wynkoop in Denver's Lo Do district. The station first opened in 1881http://www.lodo.org/walking_tour/unionstationareahtm.htm.
Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri is one of many union stations in the United States.
Union Station is the main railroad passenger station in New Haven, Connecticut. Designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, the beaux-arts Union Station opened in 1918 after the previous Union Station was destroyed by fire. It fell into decline, however, along with the rest of the railroad industry in North America after World War II.
Alexandria Union Station is a historic train station in Alexandria, Virginia south of Washington, D.C. To avoid confusion with nearby Washington Union Station it is usually referred to locally as simply Alexandria Station. Its Amtrak code is ALX.
Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. Built just to the west of the downtown area, it was adjacent to a railroad gulch through which most of the tracks of the area were routed which was spanned by a viaduct adjacent to the station. The station was also served by streetcars prior to their discontinuance in Nashville in 1941.
Union Station stood as Providence's main train station for almost 100 years. Opening in 1898 after the old station was destroyed in a fire, it was designed by the firm of Stone, Carpenter, and Willson.
Louisville, Kentucky's Union Station has served as offices for the Transit Authority of River City since mid-April 1980.
Union Station is a train station built in Seattle, Washington, USA from 1910 to 1911 to serve the Union Pacific Railway and the Milwaukee Road. It was originally named Oregon and Washington Station after a subsidiary line of the Union Pacific. Located at the corner of S.
Union Station is located at 401 South 4th Avenue in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
Union Station is a 1950 film, considered film noir, stars William Holden and Nancy Olson who also appeared in Sunset Boulevard that same year.
The Boehlert Center at Union Station is a train station served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in Utica, New York. It is owned by Oneida County, and it is named for retiring U.S. Rep.
The Union Station in Winnipeg was built in 1911 by Warren and Wetmore. VIA Rail operates out of Union Station, a grand neoclassical structure near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg. The station was built by the Canadian Northern Railway & National Transcontinental / Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and was designed by the same architects responsible for Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Memphis Union Station was a jointly owned passenger terminal serving the Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway and Southern Railway.
Columbus Union Station and its predecessors served railroad passengers in Columbus, Ohio from February 27 1850, until April 28 1977.
Union Station is located in Ogden, Utah, USA. It was formerly the junction of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads.
San Diego's Union Station was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the existing Victorian-style structure erected in 1887 for the California Southern Railroad Company. The Santa Fe Depot (as it was originally designated) officially opened on March 8, 1915 to accommodate visitors to the Panama-California Exposition. The depot was completed during a particularly optimistic period in the City's development, and represents the battle waged by the City of San Diego to become the West Coast terminus of the Santa Fe Railway system’s transcontinental railroad, a fight that was ultimately lost to the City of Los Angeles.
The Union Railroad Station is a historic depot in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is located at 601 North Nebraska Street. Constructed in 1912, its purpose was to merge passenger operations for the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line Railroads.
The Indianapolis Union Station was the first union station in the world, opening on September 20, 1853, by the Indianapolis Union Railway within the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana. A bigger station was constructed in 1888. In 1900 over 200 trains a day were serviced, forcing the station to have an elevated station so as not to interfere with regular street traffic.
Union Station in Burlington, Vermont was built in 1915 of buff brick in the Beaux Arts style and is located at the western end of Main Street. Between December 2000 and February 2003 the station was a terminus of the commuter rail route Champlain Flyer. The station no longer has rail passenger service.
Union Station was built in the late 1800s and serves Amtrak passengers along the Buckingham Branch Railroad and the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is located along West Main Street, the busy road that connects downtown Charlottesville to the University of Virginia.
Union Station in Springfield, Illinois, is part of the complex of buildings that together form the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.