Broad Street Station (Richmond)
Broad Street Station
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Former Amtrak & Atlantic Coast Line inter-city rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Science Museum of Virginia currently occupies the old Broad Street Station building
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Location | 2500 West Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23220[1] United States |
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Tracks | 3 (remaining) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1975 (for passenger rail service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Broad Street Station
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Location | Richmond, Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Built | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | John Russell Pope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP Reference # | 72001518[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VLR # | 127-0226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | February 23, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated VLR | November 16, 1971[3] |
Broad Street Station (also known as Union Station) was a union railroad station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, across Broad Street from the Fan district.
History
It was built as the southern terminus for the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) in 1917 in the neoclassical style by the architect John Russell Pope. The station also served the trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). Eventually, the Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL), which had formerly used Richmond's other union station (Main Street Station), switched to Broad Street Station.
The station was also served by Amtrak's Carolina Special, Champion, Silver Meteor, and Silver Star.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.
Passenger service to the station ceased in 1975, with all passenger service moving to a newly constructed suburban station on Staples Mill Road. Broad Street Station later became the home of the Science Museum of Virginia, which remains in the substantially remodeled and expanded building.
See also
References
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- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations
- Buildings and structures in Richmond, Virginia
- History of Richmond, Virginia
- John Russell Pope buildings
- National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in Virginia
- Railway stations closed in 1975
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Railway stations opened in 1917
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations
- Stations along Norfolk and Western Railway lines
- Stations along Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad lines
- Transportation in Richmond, Virginia
- Union stations in the United States
- Richmond, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- Virginia building and structure stubs
- Virginia transportation stubs