Architectural style Other Construction started 1917 Area 4 ha Tracks 3 | Built 1919 NRHP Reference # 72001518 Opened 6 January 1919 Added to NRHP 23 February 1972 | |
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Closed 1975 (for passenger rail service) Similar Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond Main Street Station, Branch House, Richmond Staples Mill Road stat, WRVA Building | ||
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.