Worcester Union Station

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Union Station is a railway station located at Washington Square in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the western terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line and a stop for the Amtrak Lake Shore Limited service.

Worcester became a rail hub in the mid-19th century, with seven railroads serving the city. Although primarily served by local trains, Worcester was also a stop for intercity services. On the B&A, these included the New England States and the Boston section of the Wolverine. Joint New Haven–B&M service between New York City and Maine passed between the two railroads at Worcester.

Replacing the 1875 original, construction of a new Union Station on the southwest side of Washington Square began in 1909 as part of a grade separation project. The new station opened on the 4th of June, 1911. It was designed by Watson & Huckel in a French Renaissance Revival style. Two 53m tall towers of white marble flanked the main entrance and the main waiting room featured an elliptical arched roof with stained glass. The towers were removed in 1926 due to structural issues.

The abandoned Union Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and was acquired by the Worcester Redevelopment Authority in 1994 for a complete renovation at a cost of $32 million. The station was restored and renovated by Finegold Alexander & Associates. The Grand Hall (the original waiting room), had its elliptical stained-glass ceilings, interior marble columns, and mahogany wood trim restored. Fibreglass towers were constructed to replace those removed in 1926.

This asset was commissioned by ComradeTaco.

Worcester Union Station

Footprint
12 x 12 Units
Geometry
103K tris, 668 tris LOD

Textures
2048 x 2048, LOD 256 x 256

The asset can be found in the Rail Transport tab.

This asset exclusively uses Armesto’s Spotlight Props Pack for its lighting. If you don’t subscribe to it everything will be dark.

All sub-buildings use the same textures so if you use the Loading Screen mod the textures will be shared by all the elements and this will reduce any load on your machine.

I’ve tried to make this asset as realistic as possible and therefore the geometry tri count is high and the textures large. All of the texture elements have been created specifically for this asset in order for full control over the final look.

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