St. Louis Union Station

St. Louis, MO
General information
Location1820 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Owned byLodging Hospitality Management
Platforms3 island platforms
Tracks4 (used for excursions)
ConnectionsLight rail interchange Red Blue
At Union Station (MetroLink)
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1894
Closed1978
Rebuilt1985 (mall)
2019 (aquarium)
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Kirkwood National Limited Effingham
Poplar Bluff
toward Laredo or Houston
Inter-American Alton
toward Chicago
Kirkwood Ann Rutledge
Terminus State House
Preceding station Alton Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line Granite City
toward Chicago
Washington Av Kansas City – St. Louis Terminus
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Terminus St. Louis Line East St. Louis
toward Cumberland
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Washington Avenue
toward Burlington
BurlingtonSt. Louis Terminus
Terminus St. LouisSavanna Washington Avenue
toward Savanna
Louisiana, MO Kansas CitySt. Louis Terminus
Old Monroe Kansas CitySt. Louis Shortline
Preceding station Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Following station
Terminus ChicagoSt. Louis Washington Avenue
toward Chicago
Preceding station Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line Washington Avenue
toward Peoria
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station
Vandeventer Kansas City – St. Louis Terminus
Preceding station Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line East St. Louis
toward Mobile
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Terminus St. Louis – Gilman East St. Louis
toward Gilman
St. Louis – Carbondale East St. Louis
toward Carbondale
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Terminus St. LouisNashville Washington Avenue
toward Nashville
St. LouisLouisville Washington Avenue
toward Louisville
Preceding station Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Following station
Machens
toward Galveston
Main Line Terminus
Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station
Tower Grove Main Line Terminus
Tower Grove
toward Texarkana
Texarkana – St. Louis
Tower Grove
toward Memphis
St. Louis – Memphis
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Terminus Big Four Route
Main Line
Terre Haute
toward Cleveland
East St. Louis
toward Cleveland
Preceding station Nickel Plate Road Following station
Terminus St. Louis – Toledo East St. Louis
toward Toledo
ClevelandSt. Louis East St. Louis
toward Cleveland
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Terminus St. Louis – Pittsburgh East St. Louis
toward Pittsburgh
Preceding station St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Following station
Tower Grove Main Line Terminus
Tower Grove
toward Memphis
MemphisSt. Louis
Preceding station St. Louis Southwestern Railway Following station
Valley Junction
toward Gatesville
Main Line Terminus
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
Terminus St. LouisDanville East St. Louis
toward Danville
Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station
Vandeventer Main Line Washington Avenue
toward Chicago
Terminus St. LouisDetroit Washington Avenue
toward Detroit
Vandeventer
toward Omaha
OmahaSt. Louis Terminus
St. Louis Union Station
Map
Coordinates38°37′40.9″N 90°12′28.34″W / 38.628028°N 90.2078722°W / 38.628028; -90.2078722
Built1892–94
ArchitectTheodore Link
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.70000888[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 15, 1970
Designated NHLDecember 30, 1970[2]

St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark and former train station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world. Traffic peaked at 100,000 people a day in the 1940s.[3] The last Amtrak passenger train left the station in 1978.

In the 1980s, it was renovated as a hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex. The 2010s and 2020s saw more renovation and expansion of entertainment and office capacity. The current hotel portion of the station is currently a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[4]

An adjacent station serves the light-rail MetroLink Red and Blue Lines, which run under the station in the Union Station subway tunnel. The city's intercity train station sits 14 mile (400 m) to the south, serving MetroLink, Amtrak, and Greyhound Bus.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Union Station". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
  3. ^ Holmes, M. Patricia (January 28, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: St. Louis Union Station" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Hotel History – St. Louis Union Station, Curio Collection by Hilton". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 14, 2022.