Second, the electorate voted in favor of Los Angeles Plaza, not Chinatown, as the site of the new station, but by a much smaller 51.1 to 48.9 percent margin. First, the voters approved Union Station instead of elevated railways by 61.3 to 38.7 percent margin. Reflecting the racial prejudice of the time, Los Angeles Times, a lead opponent of elevated railways, argued in editorials that Union Station would not be built in the 'midst of Chinatown' but rather would 'forever do away with Chinatown and its environs.' The Times also attacked the elevated railways for blocking out the California sun and in general being antithetical to the ethos of Los Angeles.

One proposed location for Union Station was located in the heart of what was Los Angeles' original Chinatown. The election took on racial connotations and became a defining moment in the development of Los Angeles. In 1926, a measure was placed on the ballot giving Los Angeles voters the choice between the construction of a vast network of elevated railways or the construction of a Union station to consolidate the city's two mainline railroad stations ( Central Station and La Grande Station).

7.3 West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor.

7.1.1 Former Run-Through Tracks Project.

5.1.2 Amtrak California regional routes.The Patsaouras Transit Plaza, on the east side of the station, serves dozens of bus lines operated by Metro and several other municipal carriers. The station is the hub of the Metrolink commuter rail system and is a major transfer point for several Metro Rail subway and light rail lines.

The state-supported Amtrak Pacific Surfliner regional trains run frequently to San Diego and also to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. It is by far the busiest train station in the Western United States it is Amtrak's fifth-busiest station, and is the twelfth-busiest train station in North America.ДЇour of Amtrak's long-distance trains originate and terminate here: the Coast Starlight to Seattle, the Southwest Chief and Texas Eagle to Chicago, and the Sunset Limited to New Orleans. Today, the station is a major transportation hub for Southern California, serving almost 110,000 passengers a day. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The structure combines Art Deco, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the 'Last of the Great Railway Stations' built in the United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station.ДЄpproved in a controversial ballot measure in 1926 and built in the 1930s, it served to consolidate rail services from the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Railroads into one terminal station. Los Angeles Union Station ( station code: LAX) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. Moderne, Art Deco, Mission/Spanish Revival Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No.В 101

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