Charlottesville Union Station

Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville station in July 2009
General information
Location	810 West Main Street Charlottesville, Virginia United States
Coordinates	38°01′53″N 78°29′31″W / 38.03139°N 78.49194°W / 38.03139; -78.49194
Owned by	Union Station Partners LLC
Line(s)	BB Washington Subdivision CSX North Mountain Subdivision NS Washington District
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 on each line)
Tracks	4 (2 on each line)
Construction
Parking	10 short-term and 165 long-term spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CVS
History
Opened	1885
Rebuilt	1915, mid–1990s
Passengers
FY 2023	172,871[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Staunton toward Chicago Cardinal Culpeper toward New York Lynchburg toward New Orleans Crescent Lynchburg toward Roanoke Northeast Regional Culpeper toward Boston South or Springfield
Former services Preceding station Southern Railway Following station Hickory Hill toward Birmingham Main Line Rio toward Washington, D.C. Preceding station Amtrak Following station Staunton toward Chicago James Whitcomb Riley Charlottesville (Main St. Sta.) toward Richmond (Ellerson Sta.)
Location

The Charlottesville Union Station, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, is served by Amtrak's Cardinal, Crescent, and daily Northeast Regional passenger trains. It is Amtrak's third-busiest station in Virginia,^[2] aside from its all-auto Auto Train station in Lorton. The station is situated in the northeast quadrant of the junction between two railway lines. The Cardinal uses the east–west line, owned by the state of Virginia, and formerly by CSX Transportation, and operated by the Buckingham Branch Railroad, while other services use the north–south line owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway. The station is within walking distance of the University of Virginia, which is the major employer in the area.