Union Station (Washington Metro)

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

For the major train station located directly above this station, see Washington Union Station.

Union Station
rapid transit station
A Red Line train leaving the station
Location701 1st Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38.897723°N 77.006745°W / 38.897723; -77.006745
Owned byWMATA
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Amtrak, VRE, MARC
at Union Station
DC Streetcar
at Union Station
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 typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities23 racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeB03
History
OpenedMarch 27, 1976 (March 27, 1976)
Previous namesUnion Station–Visitor Center
Traffic
Passengers (2017)29,197 daily[1]  1.15%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Judiciary Square
toward Shady Grove
 Red Line NoMa–Gallaudet U
toward Glenmont

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.

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.[2]

Station layout

Like the other original stations of the Metro, Union Station sports coffered vaults of concrete in its ceiling.[3] The station features an island platform with two exits, one mid-platform mezzanine leading to the main hall of Union Station and Massachusetts Avenue and the one northern exit leading to 1st Street NE and to the main boarding concourse.

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses, rail connections at Union Station
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Grosvenor–Strathmore or Shady Grove (Judiciary Square)
Island platform
Eastbound → toward Silver Spring or Glenmont (NoMa–Gallaudet U) →

Notable places nearby
  • An old "Union Station-Visitor Center" sign on the station platform
  • The station in the process of being painted white in 2017
  • A train of Breda 3000 Series on the Red Line departing Union Station

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