Union Depot

Beautiful riverside station with classic architecture. Staff were incredibly helpful, and there are plenty of cafés and grab-and-go options. Caught the sunrise here-absolutely stunning. Clean, organized, and easy to navigate. Highly recommend!

I didn’t know the depot had a museum located on the 2nd floor. It was nice to see all the beautiful history in this building it was great to see what kind of growth in it and around the area. Many things for your convenience located inside the station a restaurant, store, free library and shoe shine. The weekend has the farmers market just a block away with a great selection. Very great staff helping my daughter on her first train ride. Train was on time. The staff said they work hard to make sure the flow goes well. They are great directing people to the section they need to go. I also was pleased to see how they also use the location for local community activities. This weekend they were having an art fair, many vendors filled the area. For the most part I think this looks a little like it is still frozen in time. The restoration that was done looks great. One sad thing…The parking was disappointing even on the weekend the parking below always says full and are not available because they have now rented out to people for monthly spots. There was a vendor for the fair that had to go two blocks with her inventory because the parking for the visitors of the depot is not available. She still had to pay the $4 even though she wasn’t there 5 minutes to be able to turn around. I have handicap tags he almost didn’t let me go in either. He would not even look at my disabled plates without me insisting to look. I have plates but because my daughter was traveling she had her tag with us. Then when he did let us in he gave me attitude and followed us to make sure we parked in the ADA approved spots. My vendor friend was not able to park there even thought we saw 20 + open spots. Those are not left available for people using the union depot, that is very disappointing. I would have given a 5 star except the parking issue and that staff working it had a poor attitude. Once we were in the building everyone was very helpful.

We caught the train to Chicago from Union Depot—and I wasn’t expecting such old-world grandeur! I absolutely loved everything about it. The station is full of charm and character, with: • fantastic photo opportunities • beautiful art installations • massive, comfy sofas • an atmosphere that transports you back to the early 20th century • a lovely bookstore • a very interesting coffee shop with good coffee • and a friendly police presence Even if you’re not taking a train, it’s worth dropping by just to soak in the ambiance.

What a beautiful place! The building is absolutely stunning. The shops inside are adorable, the restaurant was delicious. Clean and safe.

Beautiful preserved building! Enjoyed seeing the architecture. If you’re taking Amtrak, show up early for a bite to eat. There’s also a cute little bookstore and toy shop.

Train was very convenient to board. It took all of ten minutes from drop off to boarding. Casual, stress free travel. Train was great.

The bus let me in to the state with my bike aboard however coming out of the state was nearly impossible as none of the drivers would let me bring my bike back onto a bus. I spent two days and literally four buses just spinning my gears so to speak in an attempt to escape St Paul. The first night even though they checked my boarding pass at least every 45 minutes to hour they did let me sleep in the lobby which I thought was cool of them except that they must have been really worried about my safety because they staffed a security guard to sit there and watch me just me I'm the only one there just me which I thought was cool and I felt very safe. Also pretty sure that there are some rogue wireless networks in the area attempting to steal my identity that must be why there were so many security guards. Bathrooms were clean though The workers there seemed like they knew what they were talking about but they didn't really in reality In the end I just called a friend and had them come pick me up Good luck everyone Good luck.

This is a truly beautiful building that houses the area where they have the European Christmas market each winter. The building itself is stunning, definitely glamour of luxury train travel of days gone by. What a great Place for a photo shoot, just don’t know if you have to get permits.There are tons of little nooks and crannies and rooms that tell the history of the station.