The administration of President Donald Trump has announced it plans to take control of Union Station, a major transportation hub in the United States capital of Washington, DC.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered the announcement on Wednesday as he stood with leaders from the rail company Amtrak to unveil a new fleet of faster Acela trains.

Previously, Amtrak had run the building, which is one of the busiest train stations in the country as well as a shopping centre and transfer point for buses, streetcars and metro lines.

Duffy emphasised that the US Department of Transportation (DOT) owned the building, and he argued that the Trump administration, therefore, could exert its rights over the station’s management.

“Today, we’re announcing that we’re going to take Union Station

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