By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, March 31 at 7:25 AM
Mayor Francis Slay was joined yesterday by a group of elected and appointed officials from St. Louis City and County, along with representatives from Amtrak and Greyhound, to mark the start of contruction on the new Multimodal Terminal Building downtown.
"After much negotiation and planning, the Multimodal Center will now become a reality," said Slay.
The home of the Amtrak train service for nearly three decades has been known as "AmShack" because of its small size and, shall we say, "less than grand" appearance to visitors arriving in St. Louis.
"All bad things come to an end and the AmShack is coming to an end," said Board Pres. Jim Shrewsbury.
When the last train pulled out of Union Station in 1978, the "AmShack" was built as a "temporary" train station. After decades of planning and re-planning, The mayor said that bidding would begin on the necessary track modifications within 90 days.
"That's a promise," said Slay
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3 Comments:
Boy, it is about time a new Terminal was built. I used to take several trips a year from the AmShack.
We should save the AmShack structure and turn it into a mixed-use retail and hotel development for the city.
8:31 AM, March 31, 2006
I think the old AmShack has already been torn down, since an interim temporary station was recently built to its west. This newer modular building (okay it's a double-wide) will become a maintenance facility once the new terminal opens.
10:28 AM, March 31, 2006
Its about time!
Wow, we have reached the 2000's!
11:40 AM, March 31, 2006
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