An urban exploration YouTuber based in Baltimore named Salvatore Amadeo just premiered a 42-minute video on Washington Union Station:
https://youtu.be/IN0ohdR3Rss
I was utterly surprised and shocked at the state of the retail operations and the near desertion of the concourses, food court and main hall. I “knew” that train travel on all modes in and out of DC had been affected by the pandemic, the riots and the pervasive telework but I wasn’t expecting the level of desertion that the video showed us.
Even if train travel returns all the way to pre-pandemic levels, or expands further once the Acela IIs arrive, will Union Station have the opportunity to recover? Or will we see another long slow decline that Amtrak, MARC and VRE services will have no opportunity to prevent?
https://youtu.be/IN0ohdR3Rss
I was utterly surprised and shocked at the state of the retail operations and the near desertion of the concourses, food court and main hall. I “knew” that train travel on all modes in and out of DC had been affected by the pandemic, the riots and the pervasive telework but I wasn’t expecting the level of desertion that the video showed us.
Even if train travel returns all the way to pre-pandemic levels, or expands further once the Acela IIs arrive, will Union Station have the opportunity to recover? Or will we see another long slow decline that Amtrak, MARC and VRE services will have no opportunity to prevent?