Charlottesville Union Station

Charlottesville Union Station
Charlottesville
Charlottesville VA Amtrak.jpg
Station statistics
Address 810 West Main Street
Charlottesville, VA
Coordinates 38°1′53″N 78°29′31.6″W / 38.03139°N 78.492111°W / 38.03139; -78.492111Coordinates: 38°1′53″N 78°29′31.6″W / 38.03139°N 78.492111°W / 38.03139; -78.492111
Lines
  Cardinal
Platforms 2
Tracks 6
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1885
Rebuilt 1915, Mid-1990s
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code CVS
Owned by Union Station Partners LLC
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 91,707[1] increase 75% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Cardinal
Lynchburg
Crescent
Lynchburg
Terminus
Northeast Regional
toward Boston South Station or Springfield

The Charlottesville Union Station, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, the county seat Albemarle County, is served by Amtrak's Cardinal, Crescent, and daily Northeast Regional passenger trains. The station is within walking distance of the University of Virginia, which is the major employer in the area.

The original Union Station was built in 1885 to jointly serve the Charlottesville and Rapidan Railroad, the Virginia Midland Railway, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Major renovations in 1915 included the construction of a baggage handling facility.

Since 1999, the former baggage handling facility is home to the Amtrak ticket office and waiting area. The main facility has been privately developed into a commercial restaurant. Plans coincident with the redevelopment to create a transportation hub at Union Station were not realized. Instead in 2007 Charlottesville completed the Downtown Transit Center one mile across town.[2]

However, the station does serve as a intermodal transportation nexus, with connecting motorcoach service on site, a 200+ space parking lot, and access to a full-service Greyhound Lines bus station down the street. Such services allow Charlottesville travelers to reach various airports in the region.[3] The Charlottesville Free Trolley stops just north of the station, and connects Downtown and the University of Virginia.

Out of the 19 Virginia stations, Charlottesville is the fifth busiest in the state according to the FY2010 ridership.

Contents

Routes

Gallery

References

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Charlottesville (Amtrak station) — Infobox Station style=Amtrak name=Charlottesville image size=275px image caption= address=810 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA line= other= platform= parking=Yes bicycle= passengers=48,190 pass year=2007 pass percent=5 opened=1885… …   Wikipedia

  • Charlottesville (disambiguation) — Charlottesville may refer to: Charlottesville, Indiana Charlottesville, Virginia See also USS Charlottesville (PF 25) Charlotteville (disambiguation) and in Charlottesville, Virginia: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Charlottesville (Amtrak… …   Wikipedia

  • Charlottesville, Virginia — Charlottesville redirects here. For the small town in Indiana, see Charlottesville, Indiana. Charlottesville, Virginia   Independent City   …   Wikipedia

  • List of Union stations — Union station (or depot, or terminal) are train stations used by more than one railroad company or line.North AmericaThis is a list of union stations in North America that use or have used Union Station , Union Depot or Union Terminal in their… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Amtrak station codes — These are the three letter codes used by Amtrak to indicate station locations. These are not the same as the List of IATA indexed train stations or the three character IATA airport codes.Note that this list is in order by code, there is also a… …   Wikipedia

  • Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) — Infobox station style=Amtrak image caption=Exterior of Penn Station name=Baltimore Penn Station|address=1515 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland line=Amtrak:rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Acela ExpressMARC:Light Rail:rail color box|system …   Wikipedia

  • Northeast Regional — Two AEM 7s lead a Regional through New Jersey in 2005 …   Wikipedia

  • Crescent (train) — Crescent Overview Service type Inter city rail Status Operating …   Wikipedia

  • Richmond, Virginia — This article is about the city of Richmond. For Richmond County, which is 53 miles (85 km) away and unrelated to the city, see Richmond County, Virginia. City of Richmond   City   …   Wikipedia

  • Alexandria, Virginia — City of Alexandria   Independent city   Alexandria s skyline as seen from the parking deck of the Huntington Metro station …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”