Broad Street Station (Richmond)

Broad Street Station
Former Amtrak & Atlantic Coast Line inter-city rail station
The Science Museum of Virginia currently occupies the old Broad Street Station building
Location	2500 West Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23220 United States
Coordinates
Tracks	3 (remaining)
History
Opened	1917
Closed	1975 (for passenger rail service)
Services
Former services   Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Petersburg toward Miami Silver Meteor Fredericksburg toward New York City Silver Star Champion Carolina Special Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Falling Creek toward Tampa Union Station Main Line Terminus
Broad Street Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates
Built	1919
Architect	John Russell Pope
Architectural style	Other
NRHP Reference #	72001518
VLR #	127-0226
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1972
Designated VLR	November 16, 1971

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. 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

• History of Richmond, Virginia
• Transportation in Richmond, Virginia