The heart of Washington, as many as 200,000 passengers passed through the station in a single day. The Presidential Suite…
1937 First streamlined road passenger diesels in the country begin operation on the B&O RR Washington-New York & Washington-Chicago.
January 28,1935 Mainline electrified train service commences on PRR Washington to New York.
The station became a center of American efforts during World War I, moving deploying soldiers to ships bound for Europe…
The main building was completed in October 1908 and opened at a cost of more than $16 million, including facilities,…
June 24, 1908 First streetcar service to Union Station, over 8 months after opening (compliments of DC City Commissioners).
Union Station opened with the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Pittsburgh Express on October 27th. The first Pennsylvania…
Congress approved the union terminal site on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue, with D.H. Burnham & Co. as the…
The McMillian Commission determined that further development of the L’Enfant Plan necessitated removing existing railroad facilities from the National Mall.…