Union Station (Washington Metro)

Union Station
rapid transit station
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)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Mainline rail interchange Amtrak, VRE, MARC (at Union Station)
DC Streetcar (at H Street)
Metrobus: 80, 96, 97, D6, D8, X1, X2, X8, X9
DC Circulator:
     Georgetown–Union Station
     Congress Heights – Union Station
     National Mall
MTA Maryland Bus: 903, 922
Loudoun County Transit
PRTC OmniRide
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 23 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code B03
History
Opened March 27, 1976 (March 27, 1976)
Previous names Union Station–Visitor Center
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 29,197 daily[1] Increase 1.15%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
toward Shady Grove
Red Line
toward Glenmont

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.[2]

Service began on March 27, 1976 with the opening of the Red Line. It is the busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 29,197 passengers per weekday as of May 2017.[1] In March 2017, it was announced the station would be painted white at a cost of $75,000–$100,000.[3]

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance, connection to MARC, Virginia Railway ExpressVRE, AmtrakAmtrak, and DC Streetcar
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Grosvenor or Shady Grove (Judiciary Square)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → toward Silver Spring or Glenmont (NoMa – Gallaudet U) →

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.

Notable places nearby

References

  1. 1 2 "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. May 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ Construction: Tunnels
  3. ↑ "Metro decision to paint Union Station vault rubs some the wrong way". Washington Post. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
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