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New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal

Union Passenger Terminal
NOUnionTerminal2Jan08FrontA.jpg
Location 1001 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70113
United States
Coordinates 29°56′46″N 90°04′43″W / 29.94611°N 90.07861°W / 29.94611; -90.07861Coordinates: 29°56′46″N 90°04′43″W / 29.94611°N 90.07861°W / 29.94611; -90.07861
Owned by City of New Orleans
Platforms 4 island platforms
Tracks 6 (formerly 9+)
Train operators Amtrak
Bus stands 16
Bus operators Greyhound Lines, Megabus
Connections Loyola-UPT Streetcar Line
RTA buses
Construction
Parking 180 long term spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: NOL
History
Opened 1954
Rebuilt 2005 Renovation
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 212,426 Decrease 4.7%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Terminus City of New Orleans
toward Chicago
Crescent
toward Los Angeles
Sunset Limited Terminus
Sunset Limited
service suspended
toward Orlando
Location
Union Passenger Terminal is located in Louisiana
Union Passenger Terminal
Union Passenger Terminal
Location within Louisiana

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (NOUPT) is an intermodal facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Located at 1001 Loyola Avenue, it is served by Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, Megabus, and NORTA with direct connections to the Loyola Ave. Streetcar line.

The station is the major southern terminus hub for Amtrak, serving three trains (Sunset Limited, City of New Orleans, and Crescent). Amtrak also operates a coach and engine yard near the terminal. It is the second-busiest Amtrak station in the Southeast United States after the Sanford, Florida, station. (Since 2005, the Sunset Limited has terminated at NOUPT instead of Orlando, Florida, because Hurricane Katrina damaged tracks owned by CSX, although Amtrak officials in 2016 proposed to reopen service to Orlando.)

The New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal was built just west of the older New Orleans Union Station to consolidate passenger rail operations from the city's railroad stations. Parts of the station property also are over what once was the turning basin for the New Basin Canal. The main lead track to the terminal follows the path of the old canal (which was filled in) and the Pontchartrain Expressway/I-10.


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