Union Station (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
{{short description|Historic building in North Carolina, US}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Union Station
| former = Davis Garage
| image = Union Station (Winston-Salem, N.C.).jpg
| caption =
| address = 300 Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr.
| borough = Winston-Salem, North Carolina
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|36|5|36|N|80|13|42|W|display=inline,title}}
| line = K-line
| bus_routes = 5
| bus_operators = {{plainlist|
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| connections = {{rint|us|amtrakbus}} Amtrak Thruway
| platform =
| tracks = 1 (no passenger service)
| structure = At-grade
| levels =
| parking =
| bicycle =
| architect = Fellhimer & Wagner; et.al.
| architectural_style = Beaux Arts
| status = Unstaffed
| mpassengers =
| opened = {{Start date|1926}}
| closed = {{End date|1970|06|15|df=y}}
| rebuilt = 2018-2019
| original = Winston-Salem Terminal Company
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Amtrak code|UWS}}
| owned = City of Winston-Salem
| transit_authority = Winston-Salem Transit Authority
| zone =
| services =
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{adjacent stations|system=Norfolk and Western Railway|line=Winston-Salem-Roanoke|right=Walkertown|system2=Southern Railway|line2=North Wilkesboro-Morehead City|left2=Bethania|right2=Kernersville|line3=Mooresville Junction-Winston-Salem|left3=Haynes}}
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{{Designation list
| embed = yes
| designation1_offname = Union Station
| designation1 = NRHP
| designation1_date = December 24, 1998
| designation1_number = 98001547{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| designation1_free1name = Architectural style
| designation1_free1value = Beaux Arts
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| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=bus}}
| website = [https://www.cityofws.org/2471/Union-Station Union Station]
}}
Union Station is a historic train station, currently serving as a bus station, located in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
History
The station was built to service the Southern, Norfolk and Western and Winston-Salem Southbound Railways. It was designed by Fellhimer & Wagner and built between 1924 and 1926. It is a one to three story, banked Beaux-Arts style steel frame building faced with brick and limestone. It consists of a rectangular main body, five bays wide and eight bays deep, with a large square east wing. The front facade features a limestone portico supported by paired heroic columns with stylized Corinthian order capitals. Brickwork on the main level is laid in Flemish bond. Surrounding the building are some surviving original landscape features. The station served as the city's sole passenger train station between 1926 and 1970.{{Cite web | author=Laura A. W. Phillips| title= Union Station | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =June 1998| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/FY1271.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}}
The station was sold to Harvey Davis in 1975, and he converted the building into an automobile repair business called Davis Garage.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Winston-Salem acquired the building in 2012 through eminent-domain, with a long term goal of reestablishing passenger train service to the city. In 2018 the city hired Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects and New Atlantic Contracting to restore the station, and it had a grand reopening on September 7, 2019.
Services
Union Station currently serves as a secondary bus hub for the Winston-Salem Transit Authority, after the Clark Campbell Transportation Center.
PART's Route 1 stops at the station, and in conjunction with PART's Route 3, serves as an Amtrak Thruway connector to High Point station.
On December 8, 2023, the Federal Railroad Administration included an Amtrak route connecting Winston-Salem to Raleigh into the Corridor Identification and Development Program. The proposed route would include intermediate stops at Greensboro, Burlington, Durham, and Cary, complementing the existing state-supported Piedmont and Carolinian services. The North Carolina Department of Transportation was granted $500,000 toward engineering and feasibility studies for the route.
Station layout
The station has three levels, with the highest level at-grade with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and the lowest level along Norfolk Southern Railway's K-Line.
The street level, historically known as the concourse level, has the station's waiting room.
The middle level is unoccupied, and the city intends on leasing out the space.
The City of Winston-Salem Department of Transportation offices and Traffic Management Center occupies the station's lowest floor.
References
External links
- {{official website|https://www.cityofws.org/2471/Union-Station}}
{{Amtrak web|UWS}}
- [https://www.cityofws.org/DocumentCenter/View/3891/105---Former-Union-Station-PDF Local Historic Landmark Program - Union Station]
{{Amtrak North Carolina stations}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina}}
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in North Carolina
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1926
Category:Buildings and structures in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Category:Former Norfolk and Western Railway stations
Category:Former railway stations in North Carolina
Category:Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in North Carolina
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1970
Category:1926 establishments in North Carolina
Category:Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina
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