Union Station (Louisville)

Louisville, KY
inter-city rail station
The former platform for the Kentucky Cardinal at Louisville Union Station.
General information
Location	1000 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky USA
Coordinates	38°14′46″N 85°46′8″W / 38.24611°N 85.76889°W / 38.24611; -85.76889
Tracks	1
Construction
Architect	F.W. Mowbray, Col Henry C. Wolters
Architectural style	Romanesque
History
Opened	1891
Closed	1979 (first time) July 5, 2003 (second time)
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Bowling Green toward St. Petersburg or Miami Floridian Indianapolis 1971–1975 toward Chicago Bloomington 1975–1976 toward Chicago Jeffersonville toward Chicago Kentucky Cardinal Terminus Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Jeffersonville toward Chicago Chicago – Louisville Terminus Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Shepherdsville toward New Orleans Main Line St. Matthews toward Cincinnati Kenwood Hill toward St. Louis St. Louis – Louisville Terminus Preceding station Monon Railroad Following station New Albany toward Chicago Main Line Terminus
Former services at Auto-Train station Preceding station auto-train Following station Terminus Sanford–Louisville 1974–1977 Sanford Terminus Preceding station Amtrak Following station Bloomington toward Chicago Floridian 1976–1979 Bowling Green toward St. Petersburg or Miami
Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front and western side at sunset
NRHP reference No.	75000777[1]
Added to NRHP	August 11, 1975
Location Louisville, KY Location within Kentucky

The Union Station of Louisville, Kentucky is a historic railroad station that serves as offices for the Transit Authority of River City (TARC), as it has since mid-April 1980 after receiving a year-long restoration costing approximately $2 million. It was one of at least five union stations in Kentucky, amongst others located in Lexington, Covington, Paducah and Owensboro. It was one of three stations serving Louisville, the others being Central Station and Southern Railway Station. It superseded previous, smaller, railroad depots located in Louisville, most notably one located at Tenth and Maple in 1868–1869, and another L&N station built in 1858. The station was formally opened on September 7, 1891, by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. There was a claim made at the time that it was the largest railroad station in the Southern United States, covering forty acres (16 ha).^[2] The other major station in Louisville was Central Station, serving the Baltimore and Ohio, the Illinois Central and other railroads.