The Lost Train Stations and Depots of Greater Cincinnati - Part 1: The Central Union Station

When Railroads Ruled the Queen City

The Central Union Station. Central Avenue to Smith Street between Pearl and 3rd. 1905 (Detroit Publishing Co.)

Part 1 of an ongoing series on lost and forgotten train stations/depots of the Queen City and vicinity.

As railroad travel began to replace the steamboat as the preferred means of travel in the 1870s, Cincinnati found herself a major player in t…