DC Union Station Lower Level Food Court Mystery Area

[AmtrakBlue]

The ground level map extends well past the location of Walgreens. As I mentioned above, the stairs & elevator on the lower level map appear to line up with those near the eastern edge of the ground level map.

The lower level map doesn't show a food court there, just Potbelly, Starbucks, L'Occitane, & Hudson News scattered among a sea of unoccupied or non-public areas.

The ground level extends over the tracks that the southern trains use. As the map indicates there is a large space between the food court we know and the other food court … that space is the tracks.
I did ask a guard in an area on the ground level that crosses to another building if there was a food court in that building’s basement and they said they were not aware of one.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

This area is above the tracks, so there is no access to that smaller food court from the bigger food court.

 

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

You can see it in the 2nd picture posted by @AmtrakBlue if you zoom in. It's out of focus and cut off, but it looks to me like "Emergency Exit Only; Alarm Will Sound."

Essentially "Stay Out"

I broke down and sent an email to the website. I'll report back.

 

[alanh]

If the east hall is normally closed, the only way to get to it is from the stairs/elevator by Abro Collective, unless you can get to it from the east side of the tracks.

The emergency exit next to the Chick-fil-A probably goes out to the west side of the tracks.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

If the east hall is normally closed, the only way to get to it is from the stairs/elevator by Abro Collective, unless you can get to it from the east side of the tracks.

The emergency exit next to the Chick-fil-A probably goes out to the west side of the tracks.

The emergency exit next to the Chick-fil-A probably goes out to the lower level tracks.

Essentially "Stay Out"

Because it most likely opens out to the lower level tracks that go under the building.