Union Station
Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. The station is located in the Northeast quadrant of the city under the western end of Washington Union Station, the main train station for Washington.Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: Metro rail station in Washington, D.C.
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Postal Museum.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Postal Museum
Museum
The National Postal Museum, located in Washington, D.C., is the primary postal museum in the United States. It covers large portions of the postal history of the United States and other countries.
Union Station
Photo: VeggieGarden, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's second-busiest station and North America's 13th-busiest railroad station. Union Station is situated 360 feet east of Union Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include NoMa and Capitol Hill.
NoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Union Station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89777° or 38° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.00741° or 77° 0′ 27″ westOperator
WMATANetwork
Washington MetroOpen location code
87C4VXXV+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 738189330OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1080527
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Union Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聯合車站”
- Dutch: “Union Station”
- Esperanto: “Union Station”
- French: “Union Station”
- Italian: “Union Station”
- Russian: “Юнион-Стейшн (станция метро)”
- Russian: “Юнион-Стейшн”
- Spanish: “Union Station”
- Ukrainian: “Юніон”
- Urdu: “یونین اسٹیشن (واشنگٹن میٹرو)”
- Urdu: “یونین اسٹیشن”
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