![]() A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train servicing the station in December 2018 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 701 1st Street NE Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°53′52″N 77°00′24″W / 38.897723°N 77.006745°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Capital Bikeshare, 23 racks | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | B03 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | March 27, 1976 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Union Station–Visitor Center (until January 21, 1982)[1] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2023 | 9,848 daily[2] | ||||||||||||
Rank | 3 out of 98 | ||||||||||||
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Union Station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. The station is located in the Northeast quadrant of the city under the western end of Washington Union Station, the main train station for Washington. It has a single underground island platform. With a daily average of 9,848 tapped entries, Union Station is the third-busiest in the system, behind Metro Center and Foggy Bottom–GWU.