STL Today: Trains could return to St. Louis Union Station

Photo by Robert Cohen

BY TIM BRYANT 

ST. LOUIS • Redevelopment plans for Union Station call for more hotel and office space, less retail – and maybe even a return of trains, along with a transportation museum.

Bob O'Loughlin – whose Lodging Hospitality Management is scheduled to close this week on the station's purchase – said Monday that excursion trains could be the ticket needed to reverse the sagging fortunes of the underused downtown landmark.

"A railroad transportation museum could be a driver to get people down there," he said. "We want to get a... CLICK HERE for more