点评:Kansas City's Union Station, a railway depot that opened in 1914, serving Kansas City and the surrounding metropolitan area, served a peak annual traffic of more than 670,000 passengers at the end of World War 11 in 1945. But traffic declined sharply in the 1950s and the station closed in 1985. By 1999, after a $250 million restoration, the station reopened has a popular tourist attraction with museums, theaters and restaurants. In 2002, Amtrak began public transportation services and the station became Missouri's second busiest train station. Today, Union Station is a go-to destination. It even hosted the 2013 NFL draft. Located at 30 West Pershing Road, adjacent to Crown Center, Union Station hosts Science City, a family-friendly interactive science center with more than 50 hands-on exhibits; the H&R Block City State Theater, a live-action venue; the Register Extreme Screen, the largest movie screen in the region at 5 1/2 stories tall; two high-end restaurants, Pierpont's and Harvey's; the Gottlieb Planetarium, the largest of its kind in the area; and the Irish Museum and Cultural Center. Union Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
翻译:堪萨斯城联合车站于1914年启用,是一座服务于堪萨斯城及其周边都市区的铁路枢纽。二战结束后的1945年,该车站的年客流量达到顶峰,超过67万人次。但到了20世纪50年代,客流量急剧下降,车站于1985年关闭。1999年,经过耗资2.5亿美元的修复,车站重新开放,并成为热门旅游景点,设有博物馆、剧院和餐厅。2002年,美国铁路公司(Amtrak)开始在该车站提供公共交通服务,使其成为密苏里州第二繁忙的火车站。如今,联合车站已成为热门旅游目的地,甚至还举办了2013年NFL选秀大会。联合车站位于西珀欣路30号,毗邻皇冠中心,设有科学城(Science City),这是一个适合家庭的互动式科学中心,拥有50多个动手展览;还有H&R Block城市州立剧院(H&R Block City State Theater),一个现场表演场所;这里有高达五层半楼的巨型银幕,是该地区最大的电影屏幕;两家高档餐厅,分别是Pierpont's和Harvey's;该地区最大的天文馆——戈特利布天文馆;以及爱尔兰博物馆和文化中心。联合车站于1972年被列入国家史迹名录。