Duffy reveals plans to make DC’s Union Station ‘safe and beautiful again’

Published September 3, 2025 12:10pm ET



Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Wednesday revealed the Trump administration’s plans to make Union Station in Washington, D.C., “safe and beautiful again.”

Duffy announced last week that the Department of Transportation was reclaiming station management at the major metro hub as part of President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the nation’s capital. The department has owned Union Station since the early 1980s, but has gradually reduced its control over the past four decades.

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