Union Station (Dallas)

Union Station (Dallas)
Union Station
Amtrak station
Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station
DART light rail and bus station
DallasUnionStation.jpg
Dallas Union Station
Station statistics
Address 400 South Houston Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
Lines Amtrak
DART
Connections DART Routes 1, 19, 21, 51, and 60
Platforms 5 side platforms (ground level)
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 14 October 1916
Rebuilt 2008
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code DAL (Amtrak)
Owned by City of Dallas
Fare zone Eastern TRE Fare Zone (TRE)
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 47,053[1] increase 19% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Texas Eagle
toward Chicago
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
toward Westmoreland
Red Line
toward Ledbetter
Blue Line
Victory
toward T&P
Trinity Railway Express Terminus
Dallas Union Terminal
Dallas Landmark
Union Station (Dallas) is located in Texas
Location: 400 S. Houston Street
Dallas, Texas
Coordinates: 32°46′34.06″N 96°48′26.69″W / 32.7761278°N 96.8074139°W / 32.7761278; -96.8074139Coordinates: 32°46′34.06″N 96°48′26.69″W / 32.7761278°N 96.8074139°W / 32.7761278; -96.8074139
Built: 1916
Architect: Jarvis Hunt
Architectural style: Beaux-Arts
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 75001966[2]
Added to NRHP: May 29, 1975

Union Station, also known as Dallas Union Terminal, is a DART Light Rail, Trinity Railway Express commuter rail, and Amtrak intercity rail station located in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) on Houston Street, between Wood and Young Streets. The structure is a Dallas Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Services

The station is served by Amtrak's Texas Eagle with Chicago as the northern terminus and either San Antonio or Los Angeles to the south. The light rail station serves as a stop on the Red and Blue lines as well as the TRE. Union Station provides access to the Greyhound bus terminal, the George Allen Courts Building, Dealey Plaza, the Hyatt Regency at Reunion, Reunion Tower and Reunion Arena.[3]

The first floor is occupied by an Amtrak ticketing window, waiting room, and privately rented offices. The second floor contains the restored Grand Hall and several meeting rooms named after railroads that previously serviced Dallas. The second floor and a mezzanine are operated by Wolfgang Puck Catering.[4]

Of the 19 Texas stations served by Amtrak, Dallas was the third-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 130 passengers daily.[1]

History

Constructed in 1916 as Dallas Union Terminal, the structure now known as Union Station was built to consolidate five rail stations scattered around Dallas into one, making Dallas a major transportation center in the Southwestern United States. At the peak of its usage, as many as 80 trains stopped each day at the station.[5] It was designed by Jarvis Hunt, who designed other large train stations. Railroads served by the station included Texas & Pacific Railway, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway(Cotton Belt), Fort Worth & Denver Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, St. Louis and San Francisco Railway(Frisco), Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad(Katy), and Southern Pacific Railroad.

In 1934, as part of the federally-sponsored Public Works of Art Project, Jerry Bywaters and Alexander Hogue were granted the first commission in Texas to created a series of 10 murals depicting events in Dallas history. They painted them on the walls of the second-floor lobby at the old Dallas City Hall Building, located on Harwood Street between Main and Commerce Streets. In 1954, the murals were destroyed when City Hall relocated. When the station was renovated to accommodate light rail usage, the murals were partially recreated by Phillip Lamb along the train platforms at Union Station.[5] In 1954, the building served as a temporary library while the Dallas Public Library system built a new central library to replace the original Carnegie Library.[6]

The last privately-owned passenger train to serve Union Station left on May 31, 1969. Amtrak service began in 1974 with the Inter-American between St. Louis and Laredo; the train evolved into today's Texas Eagle. DART's light rail service began into the station on June 14, 1996.[4] The station's upper level waiting room was re-purposed into meeting and convention space for the Hyatt Regency Dallas, which is connected via an underground walkway.

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