To quote Daniel Burnham, “Make no little plans.” In January 2017, the expansion and refurbishment of the Washington Union Station…
Center Court Café is Closed (and eventually removed) to restore Grandeur of Main Hall – March 7, 2016.
The DC Department of Transportation’s H Street/Benning Road Street Car Line began public service on February 27, 2016
November 4, 2015 – Chik-fil-a Opens at Union Station in the food court.
In June 2015 the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation released the first ever Historic Preservation Plan to guide future preservation and…
On August 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in central Virginia shook the DC metropolitan area, significantly impacting Union Station.…
On October 4, 2008 the station celebrated it’s 100th Anniversary. A weekend long celebration was held with open houses and…
On December 11, 2000 Amtrak began operation of its Acela Trainsets between Washington, D.C. and Boston (and intermediate points).
On June 22,1992 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) commuter RR began service from Northern Virginia into Union Station.
The station reopened in its present form on September 29, 1988 after a $160 million dollar renovation.