Train Station Transfers — Washington Union Station

Meeting a train at Washington Union Station

On Massachusetts Avenue NE, a few minutes from the Capitol and the Senate office buildings.

Worth knowing. The Columbus Circle frontage is controlled and moves quickly if the chauffeur is circulating. Concourse meets with a name board are straightforward here.

Rail schedules slip. We track the service by number, hold thirty minutes of complimentary wait from the actual arrival, and — at the larger stations — meet you on the concourse with a name board rather than leaving you to find a car in a pickup lane you have never used.

Why the train is often the better leg

On the Northeast Corridor and the Florida Brightline route, rail frequently beats flying door to door once security and taxi queues are counted. The weak link is the last mile at each end, and replacing that with a chauffeured car — booked at a fixed fare, tracked to the arrival — is the whole point of this service.

Onward in Washington

Washington is a protocol market. Motorcades close streets at no notice, the security perimeter around the Capitol and the White House expands for events that are not announced in advance, and a delegation arriving late to a hearing is a genuine problem rather than an inconvenience. The value here is dispatchers who watch the closures and re-route before the car is stuck in one.

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