LA Union Station Run-Through Design Contract

[XHRTSP]

Looking at that old map, did LAUS at one point have run through tracks? And if so, what happened?

 

[leemell]

No, it never did. It was originally designed as the western terminus for long distance rail, hence no run through.

 

[TinCan782]

That map and one other were proposals for run through tracks. A third map at that link shows LAUS pretty much how it turned out.

 

[Anderson]

I'd love to see a copy of the present floorplan overlaid on the new one, if just to compare space.

 

[CHamilton]

What’s So Great about Run-Through Tracks at LA Union Station?

 

[sechs]

...The LA Times refers to the run-through tracks allowing an express train to not stop at LAUS. Which makes little sense as what express train would skip LAUS, the busiest and primary station in Southern California? Would be like having an express train on the NEC skip WAS or NYP.

The old joke about the reporter only getting half the story... and that half wrong. If an "express" were not stop at the station they could simply stay on the existing freight mains and not enter the Union Station as they could do today.

Freight mains? Metrolink's River Subdivision includes the lines on both sides of the Los Angeles River.