Union Station (Los Angeles) : Ask Biography

Station information

Name

Los Angeles Union Station

Address

Amtrak / Metrolink
800 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Metro
801 Vignes Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Lines

Amtrak Amtrak :Coast Starlight Amtrak :Pacific Surfliner Amtrak :Southwest Chief Amtrak :Sunset Limited Amtrak :Texas Eagle Metrolink SCAX :91 SCAX :Antelope Valley SCAX :Orange County SCAX :Riverside SCAX :San Bernardino SCAX :Ventura County

Platforms

8 island platforms

Tracks

Parking

3,000 park & ride spaces ($6 a day)

Bicycle facilities

24 bike rack spaces
20 locker spaces

Other information

Opened

May 1939 (Union Station Building)

Accessible

Yes

Owned by

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Passengers

1517342 (2010) (2.81)

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Los Angeles Union Station (or LAUS, formerly the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal or LAUPT) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line. Bus services operate from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza on the east side of the station and others on the north side of the station.

The station opened in May 1939, one of a number of union stations in the United States. It was built on a grand scale and became known as "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the USA. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Since February 2011 it is in the ownership of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.