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Union Station was partially designed by John and Donald Parkinson, the father-and-son architectural firm who had also designed Los Angeles City Hall and other landmark Los Angeles buildings. They were assisted by a group of supporting architects, including Jan van der Linden. The structure combines Art Deco, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne ...

Although Union Station contains no distinct sculptures or artworks from its early years, Metro rail development in the 1990s funded the installation of a variety of notable public art murals and sculptural installations for the station's new subterranean lobbies, portals and subway platforms.The following Union Station public artworks include mural...

Union Station is located in the northeastern corner of Downtown Los Angeles, on the property bounded by Alameda Street, Cesar Chavez Avenue, Vignes Street, and the Hollywood Freeway. It is across Alameda Street from L.A.'s historic Olvera Street and El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park. The historic Terminal Annex building is on the opposit...

Metrolink

The station is the hub for Metrolinkand six of Metrolink's seven lines serve the station: 1. Antelope Valley Line, to Lancaster(service began 1992) 2. Riverside Line, to Riverside(service began 1993) 3. Orange County Line, to Oceanside (service began 1990 as the Amtrak Orange County Commuter) 4. San Bernardino Line, to San Bernardino(service began 1992) 5. Ventura County Line, to Ventura(service began 1992) 6. 91/Perris Valley Line, to Perris(service began 2002)

Metro Rail

Three Metro Raillines (the B (Red), D (Purple), and L (Gold) Lines) serve the station with about 300 Metro Rail trains departing every weekday.

Link Union Station

With the number of trains using Union Station expanding, the stub-end layout of trackage is limiting the station's capacity. Trains can only enter or exit from the north side of the station.The configuration forces trains without cab-cars to slowly reverse in or out of the station and trains heading to or from the south to make a near-180 degree turn. Compounding the problem, is that while the station has 14 boarding tracks, multiple trains must squeeze onto just 5 tracks. Originally, there w...

California High-Speed Rail

Union Station is planned to be a major hub for the future California High-Speed Rail System. Upon completion, it is projected that passengers will be able to get from Union Station to the Transbay Transit Centerin the city of San Francisco in 2 hours and 40 minutes. As a part of its Master Plan, Metro studied how to best integrate tracks and platforms for high-speed trains arrival into Union Station. Options included an aerial structure above the existing platforms, an underground structure u...

West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor

Metro selected Union Station as the eventual northern terminus of the planned West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor in 2022.The new light rail line will serve new platforms either at the Forecourt or behind the Metropolitan Water District Building and may open as early as 2043.

The facility served as a backdrop for the 1950 film Union Station, which starred William Holden and Nancy Olson. It has since been used in numerous films as a filming location, including: Union Station has been featured in numerous television shows, such as Adam-12, 24, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Euphoria. It has also been featured in video games;...

Musicant, Marlyn, ed., with Deverell, William and Roth, Matthew W. Los Angeles Union Station(Los Angeles): Getty, 2014. xvi, pp. 109; heavily illustrated.