The Greyhound Bus Terminal on First Street NE will be redeveloped into an office building. Photo by Elvert Barnes.

It used to be that if you wanted to catch a Greyhound bus, you had to walk beyond Union Station to the city’s bus terminal. Starting tomorrow, though, Greyhound buses will finally be leaving from Union Station.

As of 2010, D.C. started moving intercity bus service away from the existing bus terminal and into Union Station, consolidating the various bus lines coming and going from the city in one place. Last August, Greyhound sold the existing terminal for $47 million, which will now be developed into an office building.

According to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who worked on the plan to centralize bus service at Union Station and will be taking part in a ribbon-cutting for Greyhound service this morning, the move will help Union Station become a more convenient all-purpose transportation hub for D.C.

“The opening of the new Greyhound bus terminal in Union Station is a win-win for the District. City residents will be able to get a bus ticket at Union Station, the city will get new revenue from the sale of the old Greyhound terminal on First Street NE, and the city and region will get a brand new bus terminal right inside our historic Union Station,” she said in a statement.

“Bus service is an essential part of our plan to expand and improve the historic Union Station. Now, with Capital Bikeshare, Metro, VRE, MARC, Amtrak, and bus service all under one roof, the public can move seamlessly from one mode of transportation to another.”