Union Station
Station statistics
Address	701 First Street, Northeast Washington, DC 20002
Lines	Red Line
Other service	Amtrak, VRE and MARC by way of Union Station
Platforms	Center platform
Tracks	two
Bicycle facilities	23 racks
Other information
Opened	March 27, 1976
Accessible
Code	B03
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Services
Previous station   Washington Metro   Next station Judiciary Square toward Shady Grove   Red   New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U toward Glenmont

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The station is located in the Northeast quadrant 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 regional rail trains to the suburbs. Color-enhanced USGS satellite image of Washington, DC, taken April 26, 2002. ... Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, DC when it opened in 1907. ... 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). ... The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter railroad service that connects the Northern Virginia area with Washington, DC. The VRE operates on two lines, the Fredericksburg line, which starts from Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Manassas line, which starts from Broad Run Airport in Bristow, Virginia. ... MARC, prior to 1984 known as Maryland Rail Commuter Service, is a commuter rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ...

An old "Union Station-Visitor Center" sign on the station platform.

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. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ... Massachusetts Avenue is the name shared by several prominent streets in the United States. ...

The station was originally named "Union Station-Visitor Center" but when the National Visitors Center there failed, it was renamed to Union Station. In fact, one or two pylons still read "Union Station-Visitor Center." In addition, 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 even though it is a shallow station constructed using simple cut and cover methods[1]. Coffering on the ceiling of the Pantheon, Rome In architecture, a coffer is (plural: coffering) is a sunken panel in the shape of a square or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ...

Service began on March 27, 1976 with the opening of the Red Line. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Notable places nearby

• Union Station
• United States Capitol
• Capitol Hill
• Capitol Police Headquarters
• CNN Washington Bureau
• Columbus Circle
• C-SPAN
• Dirksen Senate Office Building
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Georgetown University Law Center
• Gonzaga College High School
• Government Printing Office
• Hall of States
• Hart Senate Office Building
• Heritage Foundation
• Japanese-American Memorial
• National Guard Memorial
• National Postal Museum
• Russell Senate Office Building
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Sursum Corda Cooperative
• Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
• Washington, D.C. bus terminal

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External links

• WMATA: Union Station
• StationMasters Online: Union Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Union Station

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