Main Street Station (Richmond)

Main Street Station
Richmond Main Street Station in 2008
Location	1500 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates	37°32′05″N 77°25′45″W / 37.53472°N 77.42917°W / 37.53472; -77.42917Coordinates: 37°32′05″N 77°25′45″W / 37.53472°N 77.42917°W / 37.53472; -77.42917
Owned by	City of Richmond
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Megabus: M21, M22, M23, M24, M27 RamRide: Sanger Hill Express GRTC: 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 62, 63, 73
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	RVM
History
Opened	1901
Rebuilt	2003
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	45,062 annually  10.35%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Williamsburg toward Newport News Northeast Regional Richmond-Staples Mill toward Boston South Station or Springfield   Future service   Preceding station   GRTC BRT   Following station 12th Street toward Willow Lawn Broad & Main Street Line 25th Street toward Rocketts Landing
Main Street Station and Trainshed
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Virginia Landmarks Register
Richmond Main Street Station in 1971
Location	Richmond, Virginia, USA
Architect	Wilson, Harris, & Richards
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, Other
NRHP Reference #	70000867
VLR #	127-0172
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1970
Designated NHL	December 8, 1976
Designated VLR	July 7, 1970
Location
Main Street Station Location within Virginia

Richmond Main Street Station, officially the Main Street Station and Trainshed, is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia. Originally built in 1901, it is currently served by Amtrak, and is planned in the future to become the northern terminus of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor as well as an intermodal station with Richmond's city transit bus services, currently performed by Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC). With uppermost sections located adjacent to the James River Bridge of Interstate 95, it is colloquially known by locals as The Clock Tower. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

Starting in 2018, the station will be a stop along the GRTC Pulse bus rapid transit line.

Richmond's Main Street Station in the downtown area was built in 1901 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). Seaboard had newly introduced service to Richmond, and C&O had consolidated the former Virginia Central Railroad and the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad, which had previously maintained separate stations.

The ornate Main Street Station was designed by the Philadelphia firm of Wilson, Harris, and Richards in the Second Renaissance Revival style. In the 1950s, Seaboard shifted its Richmond passenger service to Broad Street Station (now the Science Museum of Virginia), but C&O maintained offices in the upper floors, and its passenger service continued at Main Street Station until Amtrak took over in 1971. In 1970, Main Street Station and its trainshed, one of the last surviving trainsheds of its type in the nation, were added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1976 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.