NORTHEAST CORRIDOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL PASSENGER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, TASK 14 MODEL INTERMODAL TERMINAL, UNION STATION, PHASE I: TERMINAL REQUIREMENTS REPORT

The study constitutes the first phase of Task 14 of the Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail Passenger Service Improvement Project and has been prepared for the Northeast Corridor Project Office of the Federal Railroad Administration. The purpose of Task 14 is to investigate the conceptual alternatives for an Intermodal Terminal at Union Station, Washington, D.C., and to prepare a detailed conceptual design for the preferred alternative. The report identifies characteristics and space requirements of an intermodal terminal at Union Station, sets forth parameters for evaluating alternative terminal plans, and reviews selected prior plans for transportation facilities at Union Station.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-257584.
• Corporate Authors:

  Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

  1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Office of High Speed Ground Transportation

  Northeast Corridor Transportation Project
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 306 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Commuter service; Design; Freight terminals; Intercity travel; Intermodal terminals; Layout; Passenger terminals; Passenger transportation; Planning; Public transit; Quality of service; Railroad stations; Railroad terminals; Specifications; Structural design; Surveying; Surveying
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States; Washington (District of Columbia); Washington (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger station design; Projection
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143231
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., FRA/NEPCO-76-04
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-66017
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1977 12:00AM