Union Station

gitanjali singh★★★★★★★★★★5.03 months ago

Had a smooth experience at Los Angeles Union Station. It’s very easy to navigate, even if you’re not familiar with trains. The signage is clear, and the layout is straightforward. The staff were helpful and approachable whenever I had questions. I also liked that there are convenient food options inside like Starbucks and Subway, which makes waiting for your train much more comfortable. Overall, a well-organized and traveler-friendly station.

Max Ives★★★★★★★★★★5.04 months ago

A great train station — clean, well organized, with clear navigation and no strange smells. Everything is convenient and comfortable. There is a robotic store at the station, which was an interesting experience: it works fast and is controlled through an app. It would be nice to have a couple of cafés or a wider selection of products in the store. Overall, everything is excellent. I recommend taking a train trip to San Francisco or San Diego, or maybe even to Las Vegas or farther — it’s a very interesting travel experience.

Arthur Bouffard★★★★★★★★★★5.06 months ago

Long live art deco! What a beautiful station. Very clean and well maintained with plenty of stores and options to eat. Staff is very friendly and helpful too! The train rides up and down the coast are even more spectacular. Took the pacific coastliner up to Oakland and was in genuine shock at how beautiful it was. Would do it again in a heartbeat

Thianne Garrett★★★★★★★★★★5.04 months ago

I love this place. Living in Southern California we have a chance to travels to so many places right here in California just by traveling on Amtrak. On any given weekend I can last minute plan a trip to San Diego, San Clemente, San Francisco Oakland, Santa Barbara and many others. But those are some of my favorites. Sit back and enjoy the views. I love it here.

S2N Industries★★★★★★★★★★5.04 months ago

Stepping off the rail and entering LA Union Station feels like, for a brief, standstill second in your commute, time stands still and you start to notice that the place you’re in is a little different from the LA that’s waiting for you just outside the station’s walls. Here, there are no towering glass buildings or sun-bleached asphalt. Instead, your attention is immediately pulled upwards and your eyes meet the warm light of 3,000-pound bronze chandeliers suspended from a grand 67-foot-high coffered ceiling, all reflected on the glimmering inlaid marble and terracotta floor that 100,000 commuters walk on every day. For that standstill second, the grand ceilings, marble floors, and bronze chandeliers come together to make your average commute feel like you are in a 1930s noir film waiting for a steam train. Stepping outside, the Mediterranean-Californian indoor-outdoor flow offers a gasp of fresh air. Tall Mexican fan palms guide you through the walkways with tall vertical trellises guiding vines up the walls. I can go on and on about the station, but I think that the most unique and impressive thing about it is its survival. In an era where many mid-century stations were demolished, Union Station remains. It holds 87 years of footsteps, and the beginning, end, and connecting point of millions of trips and commutes; and although it has transitioned from a steam-engine terminal into a modern multi-modal hub, in many ways it still feels like that opening day in May of 1939. If you are ever near by, we urge you to take a trip to the station so you may see and experience all that we talked about. We are so grateful to have done worked on the outdoor trellis work at the station and to now be a small part of all that this landmark has to offer.