Central Station was a major train station in Louisville, Kentucky. Built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, it served several railroad companies until the mid-20th century. It was situated at North 7th Street and West River Road, near the Ohio River waterfront, and it was also known as the 7th Street Depot.
Great Lakes Limited – day train bound for Detroit, via Cincinnati (in the southerly direction from Detroit passengers needed to get a local connection for the trip from Cincinnati to Louisville)[3]
Cincinnatian – beginning in 1950, this name was reassigned from an eastern itinerary to the Great Lakes Limited route[4]
Night Express night train to Detroit, on same route as the above
Irvin S. Cobb – train bound for Fulton, Kentucky, connecting to the Chickasaw train to Memphis, Tennessee, whereupon a connection could be made to the New Orleans–bound Lousiane[8] (previously, in the early 1940s, the Louisiane originated in Louisville, and took the entire route above described for the Irvin S. Cobb, as a secondary originating counterpart to the main train section originating in Chicago)[9]
Kentucky Cardinal – train bound for Memphis, whereupon a connection could be made to the New Orleans–bound Panama Limited[10] (likewise, until the early 1940s, the Creole originated in Louisville, and took the entire route above described for the Creole, as a secondary originating counterpart to the main train section originating in Chicago)[11]
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