Facts

• $41 million – the cost to build Union Terminal, including purchase of ground and readjusting railroad facilities
• 287 acres – the area Union Terminal covers
• 94 miles – the amount of track laid at Union Terminal
• 22 distinct buildings were constructed including 224,534 cubic yards of concrete poured, not including 100,500 square yards of paving, 8,250,000 bricks and 45,421 net tons of steel used in bridge and building construction.
• The Cincinnati Union Terminal Company, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the City of Cincinnati built the Western Hills Viaduct for a cost of $3.5 million. The viaduct is 3,500 feet long—2,800 feet of double-deck construction.
• 106 feet – the height of the Rotunda interior dome
• 180 feet – the span of the Rotunda interior dome
• 34,000 – the number of passengers the station could accommodate daily in Union Terminal’s heyday
• 216 trains— the average “in” and “out” daily traffic in Union Terminal’s heyday
• The last passenger train left Union Terminal Saturday evening, October 28, 1972. Passenger service resumed when Amtrak began operating at Union Terminal on July 29, 1991.

About Union Terminal: Architecture

About Union Terminal: History

About Union Terminal: Mosaics