Kansas City Union Station

Union Station
General information
Location	30 West Pershing Road Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates	39°05′05″N 94°35′07″W / 39.0848°N 94.5853°W / 39.0848; -94.5853
Owned by	Union Station Assistance Corporation
Line(s)	Kansas City Terminal Railway
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: KCY
Website	unionstation.org
History
Opened	October 30, 1914; 110 years ago (October 30, 1914)
Closed	1983 (except Amtrak Bubble) 1985 (Entire station closed)
Rebuilt	November 10, 1999 (with Science City); 2002 (Amtrak service resumed)
Previous names	Union Depot (April 8, 1878–October 31, 1914), West Bottoms
Passengers
FY 2023	127,044[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Missouri River Runner Independence toward St. Louis Lawrence toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief La Plata toward Chicago Preceding station KC Streetcar Following station Terminus KC Streetcar Crossroads toward River Market North
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Lawrence toward Dallas or Houston Lone Star Carrollton toward Chicago Terminus National Limited Warrensburg toward New York or Washington, D.C. Preceding station Alton Railroad Following station Terminus Kansas City – St. Louis Independence toward St. Louis Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Kansas City, Kansas toward Los Angeles Main Line Sheffield toward Chicago Preceding station Burlington Route Following station Terminus Kansas City – Galesburg North Kansas City toward Galesburg Parkville, MO toward Omaha Omaha – Kansas City Terminus Terminus Kansas City – St. Louis North Kansas City toward St. Louis Kansas City – Quincy North Kansas City toward Quincy Preceding station Chicago Great Western Railway Following station Terminus Main Line Beverly toward Minneapolis Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station North Topeka toward Teague Teague – Minneapolis  Harlem toward Minneapolis North Topeka toward Tucumcari Tucumcari – Rock Island Harlem toward Rock Island Kansas City, Kansas toward Belleville Kansas City – Belleville Terminus Terminus Kansas City – St. Louis Sheffield toward St. Louis Preceding station St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Following station Terminus Kansas City – Birmingham Rosedale toward Birmingham Preceding station Kansas City Southern Railway Following station Terminus Main Line Grandview toward Port Arthur Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Terminus Kansas City – Savanna Liberty towards Savanna Preceding station Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Following station Terminus Kansas City – Parsons Paola toward Parsons Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Independence toward St. Louis Centropolis toward Pueblo Pueblo – Kansas City Terminus Pomeroy toward Omaha Omaha – Kansas City Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Topeka toward Denver Kansas Pacific Railway Terminus Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line North Kansas City toward Chicago
Future services (2025) Preceding station KC Streetcar Following station WWI Museum & Memorial toward UMKC KC Streetcar Crossroads toward Riverfront Drive
Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Pershing Rd. and Main St., Kansas City, Missouri
Area	20.2 acres (8.2 ha)
Built	1901
Architect	Jarvis Hunt
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.	72000719[2]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 1972

Kansas City Union Station (station code: KCY) is a union station that opened in 1914, serving Kansas City, Missouri, and the surrounding metropolitan area. It replaced a small Union Depot built in 1878. Union Station served a peak annual traffic of more than 670,000 passengers in 1945 at the end of World War II, but traffic quickly declined in the 1950s, and the station was closed in 1985.

In 1996, a public–private partnership undertook a $250 million restoration, funded in part by a sales tax levied in Kansas and Missouri counties of the Kansas City metropolitan area.^[3] By 1999, the station had reopened as a suite of attractions, including museums. In 2002, train service returned when Amtrak began public transportation services, and the station became Missouri's second-busiest train station. The refurbished station has theaters, ongoing museum exhibits, and attractions such as Science City, the Irish Museum and Cultural Center, and the Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity. Since 2016, it has been a stop for the KC Streetcar.