Denver Union Station Quiz: Great Hall and a Rail Revival

This Denver Union Station quiz steps into the grand hall that brought trains back to Colorado's capital. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on the 1881 station, the 1894 fire, the 1914 Beaux-Arts hall, the Travel by Train signs, the 2014 reopening, the Crawford Hotel, the Great Hall, the airport rail line, the California Zephyr and LoDo.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city is Union Station in?
First
When was the first Union Station built?
Fire
What damaged the station in 1894?
Hall
When was the current central hall built?
Signs
What do the famous neon signs on the station say?
Reopen
When did the restored station reopen?
Hotel
Which hotel now occupies the upper floors?
Living
What is the Great Hall often called?
Airport
Which line links the station to Denver's airport?
Zephyr
Which Amtrak train stops at Union Station?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is Union Station in?
Answer: Denver
It is in Lower Downtown.
Q2: When was the first Union Station built?
Answer: 1881
It served several railroads.
Q3: What damaged the station in 1894?
Answer: A fire
The center was rebuilt.
Q4: When was the current central hall built?
Answer: 1914
It is in Beaux-Arts style.
Q5: What do the famous neon signs on the station say?
Answer: Travel by Train
They glow red on the roof.
Q6: When did the restored station reopen?
Answer: 2014
It became a lively public space.
Q7: Which hotel now occupies the upper floors?
Answer: The Crawford Hotel
It is named for a preservationist.
Q8: What is the Great Hall often called?
Answer: Denver's living room
People meet, eat and play games there.
Q9: Which line links the station to Denver's airport?
Answer: A commuter rail line
It opened in 2016.
Q10: Which Amtrak train stops at Union Station?
Answer: California Zephyr
It crosses the Rockies.

From Rail Hall to Denver's Living Room

Denver's first Union Station opened in 1881 to bring several railroads under one roof. After a fire in 1894, the center was rebuilt, and in 1914 the grand Beaux-Arts hall that stands today was completed. Its rooftop neon signs urging people to Travel by Train became a city landmark.

As rail travel declined, the station grew quiet. A major restoration reopened it in 2014, with the Crawford Hotel upstairs and restaurants and bars around the Great Hall. Nicknamed Denver's living room, the hall fills with people meeting, working and playing games under its arched windows.

Union Station is now a transit hub for light rail, buses and commuter trains, including the line to Denver International Airport that opened in 2016. Amtrak's California Zephyr stops here on its route across the Rockies, and the station anchors the lively Lower Downtown district, known as LoDo.

What This Quiz Teaches

Travel fans will enjoy these questions.

When the station was built
How it was rebuilt
What its signs say
How it was restored
Which trains stop there

Did You Know?

A white fabric canopy covers the new train hall.
An underground bus concourse lies beneath the plaza.
The Crawford Hotel is named after Dana Crawford.
Fountains in the plaza are popular with children in summer.
Coors Field baseball stadium is nearby.