Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Yup. 1000%.

It's funny, because we just got back from Japan. Tokyo Station is absolutely mind warping. So many gourmet places to eat. Everything is immaculately clean. Insanely safe. You would go out of your way just to go to the train station to spend money. Everything is on time.

Union Station is probably 100 tiers lower than Tokyo Station. You're tell me the mighty USA with the world's #1 economy and sole remaining super power cannot do better than that sorry dump we have for a capital train station known as Union Station? There is absolutely zero excuse why we can't have a Tokyo Station.

Tokyo Station has something like 6x the passenger count per day. Plus Tokyo Station is nearby to Ginza, one of the most popular shopping districts in the world, and on the other side, one of the most consequential business districts in the world. What the hell does Union Station have to compete with any of that? You can't have a Tokyo Station in Washington DC no matter how much you want it.

All I hear are excuses. It doesnt have to be Tokyo Station, the point is that it should be nice *like Tokyo Station*. Actually, your stats show how pathetic we are. The fact that Japan can have their capital station serve 6x the number of people per day and not have it look like a trash dump shows you how crappy we've become.

If the US is #1, then why are our standards so low and borderline third world? It should be EASIER to have a nice train station that is clean and safe *because* we only have to serve 6x fewer number of people that Japan does in its capital city main train station.

Clean up Union Station. It is a trash hole and a disgrace. It's so sad to see so many abandoned shops and urban decay in our country's capital city main station.

Fascists sure do love their trains.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump admin takes over Union Station

https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

The man really only cares about what's 2 feet in front of his face. Everything he sees needs to be glitzy, but he removes support for everything else in the USA.

Union Station has always been the property of the federal government. I remember when Attorney General Askew, I think that was his name, had all the sculptures draped with cloth because he found the marble statutes nudity offensive to Christian travelers.

Yeah, I was puzzled by OP's title. Not only is it federal property, the federal government always owns the trains that service Union Station.

What's the next post, ZOMG Trump is stealing the trains!?!!?!!

Anonymous wrote:We could never be like Japan. Even their homeless people are neat. We're like a third world country next to them.

Japan supports its citizens. It isn’t a capitalistic hellscape like the U.S. They have government controlled pricing in healthcare and excellent services for citizens. Here you eat what you kill and hope not to get sick; also helps to be born rich.

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

I have gone to Union Station 5 days a week for years because I work nearby. You are a total pu$$y if you think it is unsafe. You are a total drama queen too. Just stay out of DC, it too much for you. 🙄

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

It isn't filty.
It isn't a dump.
It isn't unsafe.

I take it you haven't been there since 1976.

It is better than some of the train stations I have been in Europe in recent months and years.

Not all of us have low standards like you.

Wow, I'm sure Union Station is better than a train station in Yugoslavia, big whoop.

This is the USA, supposedly the #1 country in the world, yet we have a 3rd world rail station in our capital. Pathetic.

Clean up that dump.

Yugoslavia hasn’t been a country for 30 years, not that I would expect you to know that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Yup. 1000%.

It's funny, because we just got back from Japan. Tokyo Station is absolutely mind warping. So many gourmet places to eat. Everything is immaculately clean. Insanely safe. You would go out of your way just to go to the train station to spend money. Everything is on time.

Union Station is probably 100 tiers lower than Tokyo Station. You're tell me the mighty USA with the world's #1 economy and sole remaining super power cannot do better than that sorry dump we have for a capital train station known as Union Station? There is absolutely zero excuse why we can't have a Tokyo Station.

Tokyo Station has something like 6x the passenger count per day. Plus Tokyo Station is nearby to Ginza, one of the most popular shopping districts in the world, and on the other side, one of the most consequential business districts in the world. What the hell does Union Station have to compete with any of that? You can't have a Tokyo Station in Washington DC no matter how much you want it.

We could never be like Japan. Even their homeless people are neat. We're like a third world country next to them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good.

Union Station is a filthy, God awful dump. It is unsafe. It is a national embarrassment that our nation's capital train station looks like a filthy open sewer.

Clean that garbage heap up, get rid of all of the junkies, and make it safe to ride again.

It isn't filty.
It isn't a dump.
It isn't unsafe.

I take it you haven't been there since 1976.

It is better than some of the train stations I have been in Europe in recent months and years.

Not all of us have low standards like you.

Wow, I'm sure Union Station is better than a train station in Yugoslavia, big whoop.

This is the USA, supposedly the #1 country in the world, yet we have a 3rd world rail station in our capital. Pathetic.

Clean up that dump.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump admin takes over Union Station

https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

The man really only cares about what's 2 feet in front of his face. Everything he sees needs to be glitzy, but he removes support for everything else in the USA.

Union Station has always been the property of the federal government. I remember when Attorney General Askew, I think that was his name, had all the sculptures draped with cloth because he found the marble statutes nudity offensive to Christian travelers.

John Ashcroft

How would taking over Union Station align with Republican values of small government and a greatly diminished role in the feds running things? If they take it over, they will have to appropriate funds for its renovation and maintenance and hire lots of people to keep it safe and clean.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump admin takes over Union Station

https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

The man really only cares about what's 2 feet in front of his face. Everything he sees needs to be glitzy, but he removes support for everything else in the USA.

Union Station has always been the property of the federal government. I remember when Attorney General Askew, I think that was his name, had all the sculptures draped with cloth because he found the marble statutes nudity offensive to Christian travelers.

Hope Trump does this!

Maybe he can cover up the naked statues with gold fig leaves (everything’s better when covered in gold!) or banners bearing his image.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump admin takes over Union Station

https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

The man really only cares about what's 2 feet in front of his face. Everything he sees needs to be glitzy, but he removes support for everything else in the USA.

Union Station has always been the property of the federal government. I remember when Attorney General Askew, I think that was his name, had all the sculptures draped with cloth because he found the marble statutes nudity offensive to Christian travelers.

Hope Trump does this!

Anonymous wrote:Trump admin takes over Union Station

https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

The man really only cares about what's 2 feet in front of his face. Everything he sees needs to be glitzy, but he removes support for everything else in the USA.

Union Station has always been the property of the federal government. I remember when Attorney General Askew, I think that was his name, had all the sculptures draped with cloth because he found the marble statutes nudity offensive to Christian travelers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It had really fallen apart. I remember when they did a big renovation back in the late 80s'/early 90s. There were so many shops and great places to eat. We'd go as a family (I was a kid at the time) just to have dinner there.

We took our kids there a few months ago since we had an Amtrak to NYC. So many vacant storefronts, and not much on offer at all. The place has really declined. I don't know who to blame, but whatever they had been trying to do to fix it wasn't working.

Amtrak already announced months ago the whole revitalization plan. They, like DC, did not need Trump.

Now you made me look it up. Amtrak took over in July 2024. They did some minor improvements.

Then there's a 13-year $8.8billion "Second Centry Plan" that looks great, managed by Amtrak and Union Station Redevelopment Corp (USRC). It seems ambitious and pricey:
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-dc-95402e30-acc9-11ef-9771-23bbcd6b19e1

The announcment today is that Amtrak will run the rail side of the station; then USRC will run the retail side, along with DOT.

If anything it should be the opposite.

+1

And....they will sell off the ownership of Union Station to a billionaire.