Los Angeles Union Station (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California / North Alameda Street, 800
 Streamline Moderne (architecture), interesting place, train station, Art Deco (architecture), movie / film / TV location, historic landmark, 1939_construction, Mission Revival (architecture)
The Los Angeles Union Station, previously known as Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, was built in 1939. It was designed by John and Donald Parkinson in an elegant mix of Art Deco, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne styles. The waiting room and ticket lobby have soaring timbered ceilings with streamline tiled walls. The former ticketing lobby is now empty for event spaces.

Passenger train service operating out of the station is provided by Amtrak's Coast Starlight, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited and Pacific Surfliners. Metrolink's commuter trains on 6 different routes also use this station.

Union Station is a transit hub for much of LA, connecting numerous bus routes, the Metro Red, Purple, and Gold lines, Greyhound, and the LAX Flyaway bus.

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800 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 683-6729
www.unionstationla.com/
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Los_Angeles)
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Coordinates:   34°3'21"N   118°14'10"W

Comments

  • Was built by the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads to serve as a unified terminal for their passenger trains. Amtrak took over intercity railroad train operations on May 1, 1971. Was also once served by Los Angeles Railway and Pacific Electric trains.
  • Also the terminus for the Red and Purple subway lines. Currently the endpoint for the Gold Line light rail trains from Pasadena. In 2009 the east side extension will open to East Los Angeles.
  • If I recall correctly it was one of, if not the last, of the great railway union stations.
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