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Union Station (Washington Metro)

WMATA Metro Logo.svg Union Station Red Line
Washington Metro rapid transit station
2010 02 24 - 2055 - Washington DC - Union Station.jpg
Location 701 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°00′24″W / 38.897723°N 77.006745°W / 38.897723; -77.006745Coordinates: 38°53′52″N 77°00′24″W / 38.897723°N 77.006745°W / 38.897723; -77.006745
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) Red Line Red Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Railway line Amtrak, VRE, MARC via Union Station
Bus transport Metrobus: 13Y, 80, 96, 97, D6, D8, X8
Bus transport DC Circulator
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 903, 922
Bus transport Loudoun County Transit
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 23 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code B03
History
Opened March 27, 1976; 41 years ago (March 27, 1976)
Previous names Union Station–Visitor Center
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 28,864 daily  Decrease 7.45% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
toward Shady Grove
Red Line
toward Glenmont
  Out-of-system interchange  
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
Terminus Acela Express
Vermonter
toward St. Albans
toward Chicago
Capitol Limited Terminus
toward Chicago
Cardinal
toward Charlotte
Carolinian
toward New Orleans
Crescent
toward Miami
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Northeast Regional
toward Savannah
Palmetto
MARC
Brunswick Line Terminus
Terminus Camden Line
Penn Line
toward Perryville
Virginia Railway Express
toward Broad Run
Manassas Line Terminus
toward Spotsylvania
Fredericksburg Line
DC Streetcar
Terminus H Street/Benning Road Line

Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line. It has a single underground island platform.

The station is located in the Northeast quadrant of the city under the western end of Union Station, the main train station for Washington, where connections can be made to Amtrak intercity trains, as well as Virginia Railway Express and MARC commuter rail trains to suburbs in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.

The station was originally named "Union Station–Visitor Center" but when the National Visitor Center there failed, it was renamed Union Station. One or two pylons still read "Union Station-Visitor Center", and 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.

Service began on March 27, 1976 with the opening of the Red Line. It is the busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 28,864 passengers per weekday as of May 2016.

The station 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.


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