Union Station (St. Louis)

St. Louis Union Station is the former main railway station of St. Louis, Missouri. He now serves as a shopping center and is dedicated as a historic landmark ( U.S. National Historic Landmark ).

History

The station was built in 1892-1894, was an architect Theodore Link. Once upon a time this railway junction in the Midwest 's busiest passenger station in the world, he is now a shopping center and a tourist attraction. It was opened on September 1, 1894, it included 32 tracks and was hit at his best of 22 different railroad companies. Owner was the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. 1903, on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the station was expanded.

In the 1940s, the number of passengers stood at about 100,000 people per day, but dropped dramatically in the following decades. Amtrak introduced in 1971 only three daily trains to St. Louis. 1978, the last train left the St. Louis Union Station. The Amtrak station is now part of St. Louis ' Gateway Transportation Center, where the urban and keep the Greyhound buses and the subway lines.

In August 1985, the station building was re-opened as a shopping center. The investment was $ 150 million. A hotel with 539 rooms, a shopping mall and restaurants belong to the complex. The hotel was initially operated by Omni, then by the Hyatt Regency chain and from December 2008 Marriott.