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The following passage was posted on a discussion list/Yahoo! group regarding the return of Kansas City's Union Station to the use that the building was intended for, a real live train station. The Southwest Chief, for the past few decades, has been using a "temporary" facility underneath Main Street while Union Station was closed, and more recently, while it was open but not ready to serve Amtrak.
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Some additional information on the new Kansas City Amtrak Depot...
The new Amtrak platform (which supposedly cost over $5 million) that will return service to Kansas City's magnificent Union Station is forecasted to open up December 10th. Amtrak officials as well as Union Station employees are almost positive Amtrak passenger service will be moved from Amtrak's current location under the Main Street Viaduct to nearby Union Station by that date.
The official dedication ceremony for the media is December 17th. Union Station and Amtrak officials hope that the seven day difference between the move-in and the ceremony will be adequate to iron-out any technical difficulties or problems associated with the move.
I encourage all to stop by and see the new depot and renovated station on your next trip to Union Station.
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One reason Kansas City is bringing rail service back to Union Station
is so that it can possibly host future commuter rail lines.
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Some additional information on the new Kansas City Amtrak Depot...
The new Amtrak platform (which supposedly cost over $5 million) that will return service to Kansas City's magnificent Union Station is forecasted to open up December 10th. Amtrak officials as well as Union Station employees are almost positive Amtrak passenger service will be moved from Amtrak's current location under the Main Street Viaduct to nearby Union Station by that date.
The official dedication ceremony for the media is December 17th. Union Station and Amtrak officials hope that the seven day difference between the move-in and the ceremony will be adequate to iron-out any technical difficulties or problems associated with the move.
I encourage all to stop by and see the new depot and renovated station on your next trip to Union Station.
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One reason Kansas City is bringing rail service back to Union Station
is so that it can possibly host future commuter rail lines.