Union Station (Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh Union Station
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Other names	Penn Station, Pennsylvania Station
Location	1100 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
Coordinates	40°26′41.1″N 79°59′31.7″W / 40.444750°N 79.992139°W / 40.444750; -79.992139Coordinates: 40°26′41.1″N 79°59′31.7″W / 40.444750°N 79.992139°W / 40.444750; -79.992139
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Keystone Corridor (Pittsburgh Line)
Platforms	3 + 1 disused
Tracks	2 + 3 disused
Connections	Port Authority of Allegheny County
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	D.H. Burnham & Company
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
Other information
Station code	PGH
History
Opened	1903
Rebuilt	1954, 1988
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	145,910  2.5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Alliance toward Chicago Capitol Limited Connellsville toward Washington, DC Terminus Pennsylvanian Greensburg toward New York City   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Federal Street toward Chicago Main Line Shadyside toward New York City or Exchange Place Terminus Pittsburgh – Oil City Shadyside toward Oil City Pittsburgh – Torrance Shadyside toward Torrance Federal Street toward Toledo Toledo – Pittsburgh Terminus Federal Street toward Erie Erie – Pittsburgh Federal Street toward Enon Enon – Pittsburgh Federal Street toward Cleveland Cleveland – Pittsburgh Fourth Avenue toward Columbus Columbus – Pittsburgh Fourth Avenue toward Washington, PA Chartiers Branch Fourth Avenue toward Wheeling Wheeling – Pittsburgh Fourth Avenue toward Brownsville Monongahela Division Preceding station   The "T"   Following station Terminus Downtown Subway closed Steel Plaza Terminus Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Alliance toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian 1998-2003 Greensburg toward New York City
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Official name	Rotunda of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Designated	April 11, 1973
Reference no.	73001587
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Official name	Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Designated	April 22, 1976
Reference no.	76001597
Pittsburgh Landmark — PHLF
Official name	Pennsylvania Railroad Station Rotunda
Designated	1991
Pittsburgh Landmark — PHLF
Official name	The Pennsylvanian (Union Station)
Designated	2003

Union Station (or Pennsylvania Station, commonly called Penn Station by locals) is a historic train station at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue, south of the Allegheny River, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was one of several passenger rail stations that served Pittsburgh during the 20th century (other stations included the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, the Baltimore and Ohio Station, and Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal), and it is the only surviving station in active use.

Unlike many union stations built in the U.S. to serve the needs of more than one railroad, this facility connected the Pennsylvania Railroad with several subsidiary lines; for that reason it was renamed in 1912 to match other Pennsylvania Stations. Thus, Union Station is a misnomer, as other major passenger rail carriers served travelers at other stations. For instance, the New York Central used Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, the Wabash Railroad used Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad used both the Baltimore and Ohio Station and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station.

The station building was designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham and built 1898–1904. The materials were a grayish-brown terra cotta that looked like brownstone, and brick. Though Burnham is regarded more as a planner and organizer rather than a designer of details, which were left to draftsmen like Peter Joseph Weber, the most extraordinary feature of the monumental train station is his: the rotunda with corner pavilions. At street level the rotunda sheltered turning spaces for carriages beneath wide low vaulted spaces that owed little to any historicist style. Above, the rotunda sheltered passengers in a spectacular waiting room. Burnham's firm completed more than a dozen projects in Pittsburgh, some on quite prominent sites. The rotunda is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Service began at the station on October 12, 1901.

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