Union station
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A union station, union terminal, joint station, or joint-use station is a
In the U.S., union stations are typically used by all the passenger trains serving a city,[citation needed] although exceptions exist. For example, in Chicago, the Illinois Central and Chicago & North Western depots coexisted with Union Station, and although most Metra commuter trains (and all Amtrak services) continue to use Union Station today, some lines depart from other terminals, such as Ogilvie Transportation Center, LaSalle Street Station, or Millennium Station.
The busiest station to be named "Union Station" is
Europe
In most countries in
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
In
Many major stations in Germany are served by various trains operated by incumbent Deutsche Bahn and other railways that operate local passenger trains, sometimes also by railway companies of neighbor states that operate trans-border connections; a special term like union station is usually not used. The stations are generally owned and operated by DB Station&Service.
As another example, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, the main station of Leipzig, originally consisted of side-by-side parts that were used by the Prussian and Saxonian Railways until the federal Deutsche Reichsbahn was founded in 1920, but were essentially two stations operated separately by the two neighbors.
Bohemia and Moravia
In
"Společné nádraží" was built 1845–1848 at Brno.
"Společné nádraží" was at
Nowadays[when?] the largest stations are called "hlavní nádraží" (main station).
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, before the railways were nationalised in 1948, stations shared by multiple operators were referred to as "joint stations", but is not as familiar or as well understood as "union station" is in the United States.
Japan
In Japan, such a railway station is referred to as a joint-use station (共同使用駅, Kyōdō shiyō-eki).[3] At railway junctions where two or more railway lines operated by different companies meet, the companies may reach an agreement to entrust one of the companies to manage the entire station, resulting in the establishment of a joint-use station.[3] In contrast, an interchange station (乗換駅, Norikae-eki) in Japan is where different sections of a station are managed by different companies at the same time.[4]
Many joint-use stations in Japan are located at or near the boundary of two railway lines operated by different companies that operate
Depending on the extent of agreements reached by the different operators, joint-use stations may feature a unified paid area, where ticket gates are shared between all operators serving the station,[5] or separate paid areas, where different operators have individual paid areas, thus requiring commuters to exit a paid area and then enter another to transfer between different operators.
North America
In
References
- ^ "About Union Station - Union Station - Sites & Venues | City of Toronto". www1.toronto.ca. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ISBN 9780253029508. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ a b "共同使用駅". mintetsu.or.jp (in Japanese). Japan Private Railway Association. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "東京メトロが「少し離れた駅を同じ駅扱い」にするワケ 地下鉄網を考えた大きな目的". 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b 東京地下鉄道 南北線建設史 (in Japanese). Teito Rapid Transit Authority. 31 March 2002. pp. 279–314. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Strack, Don. "Ogden Rails, Ogden Union Station". Utah Rails. Ogden, UT. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
External links
- "Why do so many cities have a 'Union Station'?". The Straight Dope. 29 July 1980.