Union Station will be taken under Department of Transportation control after being run by Amtrak. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the plan while unveiling faster Acela trains with Amtrak leaders. DOT ownership is cited as the basis for asserting management rights; officials said federal control will allow better property management, more tenants, increased revenue, and investments in the building. Union Station functions as one of the busiest train stations, a shopping centre, and a transfer point for buses, streetcars and metro lines. The administration has also pursued expanded executive powers and deployed National Guard forces in Washington, DC, amid contested crime claims.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the move was not a power play', as Trump seeks greater sway over the capital. The administration of President Donald Trump has announced it plans to take control of Union Station, a major transportation hub in the United States capital of Washington, DC. Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered the announcement on Wednesday, as he stood with leaders from the rail company Amtrak to unveil a new fleet of faster Acela trains.
But Duffy emphasised that the Department of Transportation (DOT) owned the building, and he argued that the Trump administration could therefore exert its rights over the station's management. Today, we're announcing that we're going to take Union Station back under DOT control, Duffy said. Not a power play. We've always had it, but we think that we can manage the property better, bring in more tenants, bring in more revenue, and that revenue is going to allow us to make investments in this beautiful building.
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