page_title: Capital Subdivision
section_title: Washington depots
hierarchical_section_title: Capital Subdivision / History / Washington depots
caption_attribution_description: English: Union Station from near Columbus Circle in Washington, D.C.. The Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain is in the right foreground. It serves as the headquarters of Amtrak. Deutsch: Union Station, der Sitz von Amtrak Español: Estación Union, una estación de ferrocarril y la sede del Amtrak en Washington, D.C. Français&#160;: Union Station, le siège social d'Amtrak 中文（简体）‎: 联合车站, 美铁总部 中文（繁體）‎: 聯合車站, 美鐵總部
context_page_description: The Capital Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The line runs from near Baltimore, Maryland, southwest to Washington, D.C., along the former Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Washington Branch. The subdivision's Alexandria Extension provides a connection to Virginia and points south.
context_section_description: The first B&O passenger station (1835–1851) was located west of the Capitol, at 2nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. In 1851 the New Jersey Avenue Station was built at a point slightly north of the Capitol, on New Jersey Avenue NW, in the area now called Union Station Plaza. Trains reached that location via the current location of West Virginia Avenue, street-running trackage on I Street NE and Delaware Avenue, and private right-of-way just south of the current location of Louisiana Avenue. When the Washington Terminal Company opened the new Union Station in 1907, that alignment was changed to the current routing, partially using the former location of Delaware Avenue.
caption: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
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