Cleveland Union Depot

Union Depot
Union Depot c. 1867
General information
Coordinates	41°30′09″N 81°42′06″W / 41.502403°N 81.701568°W / 41.502403; -81.701568
Key dates
Opened	1853
Rebuilt	1866
Closed	September 26, 1953[1]
Demolished	1959
Former services
Preceding station Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Following station South Water Street toward St. Louis Main Line Terminus South Water Street toward Cincinnati Cleveland – Cincinnati Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station West Park toward Berea Old Main Line East 40th Street toward Nottingham Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Terminus Cincinnati – Cleveland Euclid Avenue toward Cincinnati Cleveland – Pittsburgh Euclid Avenue toward Pittsburgh

Union Depot was the name given to two intercity railroad stations in Cleveland, Ohio. Union Depot was built as the first union station in Cleveland in 1853. After a large fire in 1864, a new structure was built, and was the largest train station in the United States until construction of Grand Central Depot in New York City in 1871. The depot was operated by multiple railroads until 1930, when all except the Pennsylvania Railroad dropped their services and utilized Cleveland Union Terminal, which opened that year. The Pennsylvania Railroad continued to use the depot until 1953, and the building was demolished in 1959.