Union Station

Summary

Union Station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (764 views/month, #42 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Union Station is located in St. Louis^[3].
• Union Station is in the country of United States^[4].
• Union Station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[5].
• Union Station's instance of is recorded as union station^[6].
• Union Station's instance of is recorded as dead-end railway station^[7].
• Union Station's architect is recorded as Theodore Link^[8].
• Union Station's architectural style is recorded as Romanesque Revival architecture^[9].
• Union Station's adjacent station is recorded as Kirkwood^[10].
• Union Station's adjacent station is recorded as Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center^[11].
• Union Station's adjacent station is recorded as Poplar Bluff^[12].
• Union Station's station code is recorded as STL^[13].
• Union Station's Commons category is recorded as Union Station (St. Louis)^[14].
• 1892 marks the founding of Union Station^[15].
• Union Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 38.628028, 'longitude': -90.207872}^[16].
• Union Station's connecting service is recorded as National Limited^[17].
• Union Station's connecting service is recorded as Inter-American^[18].
• Union Station's connecting service is recorded as State House^[19].
• Union Station's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark^[20].
• Union Station's heritage designation is recorded as Landmarks of St. Louis^[21].
• Union Station's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place^[22].
• Union Station's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[23].
• Union Station's date of official opening is recorded as 1892^[24].
• Union Station's date of official closure is recorded as 1978^[25].
• Union Station's state of use is recorded as decommissioned^[26].
• Union Station's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of Union Station (St. Louis)^[27].

Body

Geography

Union Station is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in St. Louis^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station^[5], union station^[6], and dead-end railway station^[7]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark^[20], Landmarks of St. Louis^[21], National Register of Historic Places listed place^[22], and Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[23].

History and Context

1892 marks the founding of Union Station^[15].

Why It Matters

Union Station ranks in the top 0.23% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (764 views/month, #42 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]