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Main Street Station (Richmond)

Main Street Station
Main Street Station.jpg
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
Intercity Bus Megabus: M21, M22, M23, M24, M27
Shuttle Bus RamRide: Sanger Hill Express
Shuttle Bus 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 Increase 10.35%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Newport News
Northeast Regional
  Future service  
Preceding station   GRTC BRT   Following station
toward Willow Lawn
Broad & Main Street Line
Main Street Station and Trainshed
Richmond Main Street Station 1971.jpg
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 is located in Virginia
Main Street Station
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.


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