New Orleans, Louisiana
General information
Location	1001 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Coordinates	29°56′46″N90°04′43″W / 29.94611°N 90.07861°W /29.94611; -90.07861
Owned by	City of New Orleans
Platforms	4island platforms
Tracks	6 (formerly 9+)
Train operators	Amtrak
Bus stands	16
Bus operators	Greyhound Lines Megabus
Connections	New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
Construction
Parking	180 long term spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak:NOL
History
Opened	1954
Rebuilt	2005 (renovation)
Passengers
FY 2025	188,071[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus City of New Orleans Hammond towardChicago Crescent Slidell towardNew York Mardi Gras Service Bay St. Louis towardMobile Schriever towardLos Angeles Sunset Limited Terminus Preceding station New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Following station Terminus Rampart–Loyola Julia Street towardElysian Fields Avenue
Future services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Jefferson Parish towardBaton Rouge New Orleans–Baton Rouge (possibly 2027) Terminus
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Schriever towardLos Angeles Sunset Limited (1993–2005) Bay St. Louis towardOrlando orMiami Terminus Gulf Coast Limited Bay St. Louis (1996–1997) towardMobile East New Orleans (1984–1985) towardMobile Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Carrollton Avenue towardChicago New Orleans –Baton Rouge Carrollton Avenue towardBaton Rouge Preceding station Kansas City Southern Railway Following station Carrollton Avenue towardHope Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Terminus Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Carrollton Avenue towardCincinnati Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Avondale towardAlexandria Alexandria –New Orleans Terminus Carrollton Avenue towardEl Paso Texas and Pacific Railway Main Line Carrollton Avenue towardHouston Houston –New Orleans Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Carrollton Avenue towardLos Angeles Sunset Route Terminus Preceding station Southern Railway Following station Terminus New Orleans –Cincinnati Carrollton Avenue towardCincinnati Preceding station New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Following station Terminus Loyola–Riverfront Julia Street towardFrench Market
Location

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (NOUPT) is anintermodal facility inNew Orleans, Louisiana, US. Located at 1001 Loyola Avenue, it is served byAmtrak,Greyhound Lines,Megabus, andNORTA with direct connections to theRampart–Loyola Streetcar Line.

The station is the major southern terminus hub forAmtrak, serving threelong-distance trains, theCity of New Orleans, theCrescent, and theSunset Limited, and one regional train, theMardi Gras Service. Between 1993 and the strike ofHurricane Katrina in 2005, theSunset Limited continued east to Florida. Since the hurricane, New Orleans has been the eastern terminus of the route, although in 2016 Amtrak did propose bringing back service east of New Orleans.

Amtrak operates a coach and engine yard near theterminal.

Union Passenger Terminal was built just west of the olderNew Orleans Union Station to consolidate the city's passenger rail operations. Previously, New Orleans had been served by five stations–Union Station, theSouthern Railway Terminal,T&P Station, Louisiana & Arkansas Station, andLouisville & Nashville Station.

Parts of the station property also are over what once was theturning basin for theNew Basin Canal. The main lead track to the terminal follows the path of the old canal (which was filled in) and thePontchartrain Expressway/I-10.

NOUPT was designed in 1949 by the New Orleans architectural firms of Wogan and Bernard, Jules K. de la Vergne, and August Perez and Associates. When it opened in 1954, it was considered an ultramodern facility, completed just at the time that air travel was taking off at the expense of rail travel.^[2]

The stub-end terminal consists of coveredplatforms and a modern waiting hall. A 120-foot (37 m) long mural of Louisiana and New Orleans history, painted by Conrad A. Albrizio with the assistance of James Fisher,^[3] was restored after 2005'sHurricane Katrina. The freight and express houses are now the domain of theSmoothie King Center and Main Post Office.

In the 1970s, parts of two platforms were shortened to allow forGreyhound Lines to move its service there, creating anintermodal facility.

FollowingHurricane Katrina, Amtrak provided the first commercial transportation out of New Orleans. During the recovery efforts, the bus station at NOUPT was used for a temporary jail nicknamedCamp Greyhound.

In January 2013, the station became the terminus for the new mile-longLoyola Avenue-Union Passenger Terminal Streetcar Line connecting Canal Street with the Central Business District and destinations such as the Superdome. The $52 million project was largely funded through a $45 million Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant awarded to the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority by the U.S. Department of Transportation.^[4]

Megabus started operations at the Union Passenger Terminal in 2015.

Gulf Coast regional officials have been advocating for restoration of daily train service between New Orleans and Florida since 2016.^[5][6]

In February 2021, it was announced that passenger rail service would return to the Gulf Coast with a new Amtrak route (later named theMardi Gras Service) between New Orleans andMobile. Stops include Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula.^[7] Service began on August 18, 2025.^[8]

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Legend

Media related toNew Orleans Union Passenger Terminal at Wikimedia Commons

• New Orleans, LA – Amtrak
• New Orleans, LA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• New Orleans Amtrak and Streetcar Station (USA Rail Guide — Train Web)
• New Orleans Regional Transit AuthorityArchived April 13, 2007, at theWayback Machine
• Southern High-Speed Rail Commission
• The Southeastern Architectural Archive, Special Collections Division, Tulane University LibrariesArchived March 22, 2019, at theWayback Machine
• Photographs of Albrizio mural on Flickr
• Article on restoration of Albrizio muralArchived May 21, 2013, at theWayback Machine
• HawkinsRails' NOUPT scrapbookArchived December 3, 2019, at theWayback Machine

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