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The Trump administration is directing Amtrak to move its headquarters back to Union Station as it takes control of the 118-year-old train station in the heart of the nation’s capital.
The move was one of several changes announced by the Department of Transportation in a late Friday afternoon press release as part of its deal to take over Union Station from Amtrak, which just secured the property via eminent domain this spring.
The release says Amtrak and the Union Station Redevelopment Corp., the nonprofit that oversees the historic aspects of the property, have officially approved the federal takeover and the planned changes via a renegotiated cooperative agreement.
DOT said in the release that Amtrak’s headquarters move would allow “taxpayer-funded office expenses to be reinvested in a federal asset rather than being spent on private realty.”
Amtrak is expected to enter an office lease with USRC, but it is unclear how much space Amtrak will occupy at Union Station or when the move will take place. Amtrak and USRC declined a request for comment.
The federally chartered rail system’s offices have been at 1 Massachusetts Ave. NW, about a block west of Union Station, since the fall of 2017, when it inked an 85K SF lease with a 2028 expiration. The 175K SF building is owned by the nonprofit lobbying organization National Guard Association of the United States.
