Charlottesville
Station statistics
Address	810 W. Main St. Charlottesville, VA
Lines	Cardinal Crescent
Parking	Yes
Other information
Opened	1885
Rebuilt	1915, Mid-1990's
Accessible
Code	CVS
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	48,190 ▲ 5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Staunton toward Chicago Cardinal Culpeper toward New York Lynchburg toward New Orleans Crescent

The Charlottesville Union Station, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is served by Amtrak's Cardinal and Crescent passenger trains. The Cardinal is a 1147-mile (1844 km Passenger train route operated by Amtrak, connecting New York Penn Station with Chicago Union Station The Crescent is a passenger Train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 The Staunton Amtrak station is located at 1 Middlebrook Avenue in Staunton Virginia. Union Station is a Chicago Train station that opened in 1925 replacing an earlier 1881 station and is now the only Intercity rail terminal in Chicago The Cardinal is a 1147-mile (1844 km Passenger train route operated by Amtrak, connecting New York Penn Station with Chicago Union Station Culpeper is an Amtrak train station in Culpeper Virginia. It is served by both the Cardinal and Crescent routes Pennsylvania Station (commonly known as “Penn Station”) is the major intercity rail station and a major Commuter rail hub in New York City The Lynchburg (Amtrak station is located at 825 Kemper Street in Lynchburg Virginia. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal ( NOUPT) is the main Train station in New Orleans Louisiana. The Crescent is a passenger Train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. Charlottesville is an Independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 The Cardinal is a 1147-mile (1844 km Passenger train route operated by Amtrak, connecting New York Penn Station with Chicago Union Station The Crescent is a passenger Train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. The street address is 810 West Main Street, along Business US 250, between the University of Virginia and downtown Charlottesville. The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research

The original Union Station was built in 1885 to jointly serve the Charlottesville and Rapadan Railroad, the Virginia Midland Railway, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century Major renovations in 1915 included the construction of a baggage handling facility, which serves as the Amtrak ticket office and waiting area since 1999. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 The main facility has been privately developed since that time for commercial use. Plans coincident with the redevelopment to create a transportation hub at Union Station were not realized. Instead in 2007 Charlottesville completed the Downtown Transit Center one mile across town. ^[1]

Routes

• Cardinal
• Crescent

References

External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Charlottesville, VA

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Charlottesville Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)

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