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Why are the Alexandria and the Washington, D.C. train stations both called Union Station?

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Why are the Alexandria and the Washington, D.C. train stations both called Union Station?

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The name “Union Station” was given to train stations that occupied a site where two or more different lines came together. In the case of Alexandria’s Union Station, this was the junction of the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O), the Southern Railroad and the Richmond, Frederick and Potomac (RF&P) Railroads.