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Passenger upgrade: Kansas City Amtrak riders get a new amenity.(Merit Award)
Building Design & Construction, October, 2003 by Wright, Gordon
When Kansas City's classic Union Station opened in 1914, it was the second largest in the U.S., exceeded in size only by New York's Grand Central Terminal. But as riders abandoned trains in favor of other transportation modes, passenger amenities went into a downward spiral.
Even before the station closed in 1983, passenger services were downsized and moved inside a large inflatable structure within the terminal, with the aim of reducing heating and air-conditioning costs. Train riders were exposed to further indignity when passenger operations were relocated to a nondescript small structure, called "Amshack," on the station property.
Train riders have now regained a measure of their lost amenities with a more permanent building located on...
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