 A view of Union Station familiar to many of downtown Los Angeles' visitors. 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). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (812x1024, 398 KB)Carol M. Highsmith Collection at the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Rights and Restrictions Information Ms. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (812x1024, 398 KB)Carol M. Highsmith Collection at the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Rights and Restrictions Information Ms. ...
Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area - City 1,290. ...
Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...
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. ...
Catellus Development Corporation is a real estate landowner that was spun off of the real estate holdings of Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad. ...
The facility served as a backdrop for the 1950 film Union Station, which starred William Holden and Nancy Olson. Many television shows and motion pictures have incorporated the station as a backdrop, including Speed, Pearl Harbor, Blade Runner, Star Trek: First Contact, and the Fox television series 24. [1] Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...
Union Station is a 1950 film, considered film noir, stars William Holden and Nancy Olson who also appeared in Sunset Boulevard that same year. ...
William Holden (April 17, 1918 - ca. ...
Nancy Olson and William Holden in Sunset Boulevard Nancy Olson (born July 14, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress. ...
Speed is a 1994 action film directed by Jan de Bont, starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels. ...
Pearl Harbor is a war film released in the summer of 2001 by Touchstone Pictures. ...
Blade Runner is an influential 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. ...
Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...
The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ...
24 is a current Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...
Union Station is located opposite L.A.'s historic Olvera Street. Olvera Street, Los Angeles Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, California, and is otherwise known as the birthplace of the City of Angels or El Pueblo Historic Monument. Many Latinos refer to it as La placita Olvera. Having started as a short lane, Wine Street...
Architecture
 The waiting room at the Los Angeles Union Station. Union Station was designed by the father and son team of John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson, who also designed Los Angeles City Hall, and whose firm designed many landmark Los Angeles buildings from the late 19th century onward. The structure combines Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style, with Moorish architectural details such as eight-pointed stars. Enclosed garden patios are on either side of the waiting room, and passengers exiting the trains were originally directed through the southern garden. The lower part of the interior walls is covered in travertine marble, and the upper part is covered with an early form of acoustical tile. The floor in the large rooms is terra cotta tile with a central strip of inlaid marble (including travertine, somewhat unusual in floors since it is soft). Other parts of the station's flooring are colored tiles with Aztec influences. Waiting room of Union Station, Los Angeles. ...
Waiting room of Union Station, Los Angeles. ...
Los Angeles City Hall is the center of government in the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
The Spanish Colonial Revival Style was an architectural movement that came about in the early 20th century after the opening of the Panama Canal and the overwhelming success of the novel Ramona. ...
The Mission Revival Style was an architectural movement that began in the late 19th Century and drew inspiration from the early Spanish missions in California. ...
Bathers building, now a Maritime Museum at San Franciscos Aquatic Park, 1937 Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, 1939 Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone, was a late branch of the Art Deco style. ...
the interior of the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne. ...
Travertine A carving in travertine The rock travertine is a natural chemical precipitate of carbonate minerals; typically aragonite, but often recrystallized to or primary calcite; which is deposited from the water of mineral springs (especially hot springs) or streams saturated with calcium carbonate. ...
Terra cotta is a hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction. ...
The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries who built an extensive empire in the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology. ...
 A bird's eye-view of Union Station. Attached to the main building to the south is a small masterpiece, the remarkable station restaurant designed by southwestern architect Mary Colter (the last of the "Harvey House" restaurants to be constructed as a part of a passenger terminal). Although now usually padlocked and stripped of many interior furnishings, the topology of its rounded central counter dynamically thrust forward, its streamlined booths, and the inlaid floor patterns still constitute a busy and evocative sense of place. As with many Angelean locations, it has only survived by serving as an occasional filming location. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3061x1475, 1253 KB) A birds eye-view of Union Station from Los Angeles City Hall. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3061x1475, 1253 KB) A birds eye-view of Union Station from Los Angeles City Hall. ...
Mary Jane Elizabeth Colter (April 4, 1869 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 1958), American architect. ...
The Casa del Desierto (House of the Desert) located in Barstow, California is seen here in 2006. ...
History The station originally served the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Southern Pacific Railroad, and Union Pacific Railroad, as well as the Pacific Electric Railway and Los Angeles Railway (LARy). Established on the site of L.A.'s first Chinatown, it saw heavy use during World War II, but later saw declining patronage due to the growing popularity of air travel and automobiles. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x685, 148 KB)AT&SF 44C. This work is copyrighted. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x685, 148 KB)AT&SF 44C. This work is copyrighted. ...
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...
This article is about the DC Comics character, for the Major League Baseball pitcher nicknamed Superchief see Allie Reynolds Super-Chief is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. ...
A 1948 print advertisement touts the many benefits of riding El Capitan. ...
September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ...
The Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark UP) (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad network in the United States. ...
The Pacific Electric Railway (AAR reporting mark PE), also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail and buses. ...
During World War II, the LARy replaced the mission bell tower in its logo with the slogan Dedicated to Victory. ...
New Chinatown, Los Angeles postcard, late 1940s Chinatown in Downtown Los Angeles, California, (Chinese: æ´›æ‰ç£¯å”人街/luò shÄn jÄ« táng rén jiÄ“, Vietnamese: khu Hoa kieu, thanh pho Los Angeles) was originally located less than a mile from its current location. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
Now Union Station is once again heavily visited, especially since the construction of the Metro's Red Line subway station and Gold Line light rail station. Union Station also serves Amtrak and Metrolink passenger trains. The station currently has 10 train tracks, and approximately 80 train departures on weekdays (not counting the Gold and Red Lines). The attached Patsaouras Transit Plaza serves several bus lines including Rapid and regular Metro lines, as well as downtown DASH shuttles. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro, MTA or LACMTA) is the regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the county of Los Angeles. ...
A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...
This article is about light rail systems in general. ...
Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
Metrolink is a commuter rail system that serves the Southern California region. ...
Historic designations The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
Current services Metro provides service to Union Station in the form of three rail lines (Red, Purple, and Gold); and several bus routes. Its headquarters is located in nearby Gateway Plaza. Amtrak and Metrolink serve the station as well. Los Angeles World Airports recently opened a Flyaway express bus service to Los Angeles International Airport, similar to the one already in use for the Van Nuys area. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro, MTA or LACMTA) is the regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the county of Los Angeles. ...
Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
Metrolink is a commuter rail system that serves the Southern California region. ...
Los Angeles World Airports or L.A.W.A. is the airport oversight and operations department for Los Angeles, California. ...
Runway layout at LAX LAX redirects here. ...
Amtrak Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
For the LACMTA Orange Line station in Van Nuys, see Van Nuys (LACMTA Station). ...
View from the northeast with Qwest Field in the background, 2004 View from the southeast with the Smith Tower under construction in the background, 1913 King Street Station is a train station built from 1904 to 1906 by the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. ...
The Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo, California. ...
The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. ...
The San Luis Obispo Amtrak/Metrolink Station is an Amtrak rail station in the city of San Luis Obispo, California. ...
// Northbound Pacific Surfliner Cab Car crosses Carlsbad Village Dr. in Carlsbad, Ca. ...
Fullerton Station is a passenger rail and bus station located in Fullerton, California. ...
San Diegos 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 Southwest Chief snaking through Apache Canyon, NM The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited) is a passenger train operated by Amtrak along a 2256-mile (3631-km) route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States. ...
Fullerton Station is a passenger rail and bus station located in Fullerton, California. ...
In the waiting room of the Union Station, January 1943 Union Station is a Chicago, Illinois train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. ...
Sunset Limited (eastbound) at the Houston train station. ...
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (NOUPT) is the main train station in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile (2102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. ...
In the waiting room of the Union Station, January 1943 Union Station is a Chicago, Illinois train station that opened in 1925, replacing an earlier 1881 station, and is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago. ...
Metrolink Union Station is the "heart" of Metrolink's operations offering connections between 6 out of Metrolink's 7 lines. Metrolink is a commuter rail system that serves the Southern California region. ...
Metrolinks 91 line (sometimes called the Riverside-Fullerton Line) goes from Downtown Los Angeles to Riverside paralleling the very busy California State Freeway 91. ...
Metrolinks Orange County Line is a commuter rail that runs from Downtown Los Angeles through Orange County to Oceanside in San Diego County connecting with the Coaster commuter rail to San Diego. ...
Oceanside is a station on Amtraks Pacific Surfliner passenger train route located in Oceanside, California. ...
The Riverside Line of Metrolink travels the following route: 1. ...
The San Bernardino Line of Metrolink travels the following route: 1. ...
The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. ...
The Antelope Valley Line is a commuter rail line that serves the Northern Los Angeles County areas. ...
The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. ...
The Montalvo Metrolink Station is a Metrolink rail station in the community of Montalvo in the city of Ventura, California. ...
The Ventura County Line of Metrolink has the following route: Los Angeles at Union Station Glendale Burbank Burbank Airport Van Nuys Northridge Chatsworth Simi Valley Moorpark Camarillo Oxnard Montalvo As of July 2004, a total of 10 trains operate on this route each way per day. ...
Metro Rail System
Red and Purple Line Subways The Red and Purple line subways share an island platform in the station's basement. The car yards are located just east of the station. This station serves as an important transfer point, with connections with Metrolink and Amtrak, and several bus routes at the nearby Gateway Transit Center. The Metro Red Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a heavy rail metro line in Los Angeles. ...
Metro rail lines on the Westside of Los Angeles including lines under construction and the Purple Line including extension to Fairfax Avenue The Purple Line is the vestige of the Red Line subway which was originally envisioned running from Union Station along Wilshire to Santa Monica. ...
Metrolink is a commuter rail system that serves the Southern California region. ...
Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
There are two entrances to the subway platform, one through the Gateway Transit Center on the east side of the complex and another through Union Station's main entrance on the west side of the complex, facing Alameda Street.
Gold Line Light Rail The Gold line's terminal is also at this station on grade level. The Gold line's platforms are located beside those of Metrolink and Amtrak. The art installation is that of Beth Thielen. The artwork is entitled Images of Commonality/Nature and Movement. Metro Gold Line. ...
Gold Line platforms are accessible only via a passageway containing a staircase and an elevator, and use Tracks 1 and 2. When the Gold Line Eastside Extension opens, the starting point will also be at Union Station. Metro Gold Line. ...
The Los Angeles County Metro Rail is the current mass transit rail system operating in Los Angeles. ...
A person waits for a train at the Civic Center Station. ...
North Hollywood is the terminus of the Red Lines northwest branch North Hollywood is the Northernmost stop on the Metro Red line. ...
The Metro Red Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a heavy rail metro line in Los Angeles. ...
A person waits for a train at the Civic Center Station. ...
Artwork at Wilshire/Western Wilshire/Western is the Westernmost stop on the Wilshire branch of the Metro line. ...
Metro rail lines on the Westside of Los Angeles including lines under construction and the Purple Line including extension to Fairfax Avenue The Purple Line is the vestige of the Red Line subway which was originally envisioned running from Union Station along Wilshire to Santa Monica. ...
Metro Gold Line. ...
Chinatown is a elevated Metro Rail station on the Gold Line, located at 901 N. Spring Street. ...
Gateway Transit Center (Bus Services) The Gateway Transit Center is located next to Union Station, it provides a direct link to the rail services of Union Station and provides connections and transfers between many bus lines. The transit center is also known as Patsaouras Transit Plaza.
Metro Services Metro Local: 33, 38, 40, 42, 68, 70, 71, 78, 79, 304, 368, 370, 378
Metro Express: 439
Metro Rapid: 740, 745 A Metro Local bus with its trademark orange color A Metro Local bus with the old paint scheme Metro Local is a bus service in Los Angeles County, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ...
Metro Express bus at Norwalk station. ...
A Metro Rapid bus on Line 720 Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ...
El Monte Busway -
All lines stop nearby at Alameda St. & the El Monte Busway entrance, except line 699 which has a stop within Gateway Transit Plaza.
Foothill Transit Local Plus: 480, 481, 482, 486, 488, 492, 494
Foothill Transit Commuter Express: 493, 497, 498, 499, 699
Metro Express: 484, 485, 487, 489, 490 The El Monte Busway, is a high occupancy vehicle lane running from Los Angeles (Los Angeles Union Station) to El Monte, California. ...
Foothill Transit is a bus transit company serving routes in the San Gabriel Valley of Greater Los Angeles, California. ...
Foothill Transit is a bus transit company serving routes in the San Gabriel Valley of Greater Los Angeles, California. ...
Harbor Transitway -
Metro Express: 442, 444, 445, 446, 447 The Harbor Transitway is a HOV lane that runs from Downtown Los Angeles to the South Bay via Interstate 110 (the Harbor Freeway) with stations in the median and on the sides of the freeway. ...
Other Local and Commuter Services Antelope Valley Transit Authority: 785
LADOT DASH: B, DD (Weekends Only), Lincoln Heights/Chinatown
LADOT Commuter Express: 430, 534
Orange County Transportation Authority: 701
Santa Clarita Transit: 794, 799
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus: 10
Torrance Transit: 1, 2
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is the agency that provides public transportation to the County of Los Angeles. ...
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is the agency that provides public transportation to the County of Los Angeles. ...
OCTA logo. ...
Santa Clarita Transit is the transit agency serving the city of Santa Clarita, California. ...
The Big Blue Bus is a municipal bus operator in Los Angeles Westside, USA, mostly serving Santa Monica, Westwood, and Venice. ...
FlyAway -
Direct FlyAway Bus service is offered between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport. The blue buses operate every 30 minutes between 5 am and 1 am and on the hour between 1 am and 5 am from Berth 9 of the Patsaouras Transit Plaza. The service is mainly intended for those who are able to use public transportation to get to Union Station and then transfer to the bus to complete their journey there is, however, a parking garage available for those who wish to drive to Union Station. The Flyaway bus is a shuttle bus service operated by Los Angeles World Airports, which transports people to and from Los Angeles International Airport. ...
The Flyaway bus is a shuttle bus service operated by Los Angeles World Airports, which transports people to and from Los Angeles International Airport. ...
Runway layout at LAX LAX redirects here. ...
Run-through tracks project With the number of trains using Union Station expanding, the stub-end layout of trackage at the station is becoming a liability. Trains are required to back out of the station resulting in delays as multiple trains must use the same tracks to get out of the station.
CalTrans and the Federal Railroad Administration have drafted a plan to create two run-through tracks that would connect the south end of Union Station with existing BNSF trackage south of the 101 Freeway, which is directly south of Union Station. The Run Through Tracks would exit Union Station on a bridge crossing over the freeway, and continue on an elevated structure for approximately one mile until they reached the BNSF trackage on the west bank of the Los Angeles River. Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote safe, environmentally sound, successful rail transportation. ...
The BNSF Railway (AAR reporting mark BNSF), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the largest railroad networks in North America (only one competitor, the Union Pacific Railroad, is comparable in size). ...
The final environmental impact report was published by the FRA in November 2005.[2] An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is a document required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). ...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote safe, environmentally sound, successful rail transportation. ...
References - ^ Television and movie productions that have utilized Union Station as a filming location. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-06-30.
- ^ FRA – Los Angeles Union Station Run-Through Tracks Project Environmental Impact Statement
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ...
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