Union Depot, Kansas City, Missouri, 1878-1915.Union Depot opened in Kansas City in 1878 in the area

Union Depot, Kansas City, Missouri, 1878-1915.

Union Depot opened in Kansas City in 1878 in the area now called West Bottoms.. At the time, it was considered much too large for the area and got the nickname “Jackson County Insane Asylum” Ironically, by 1903,the year planning began on the New Union Station, Kansas City had tripled in size and the depot could not handle the traffic of 180 trains a day,That combined with the confined area that allowed no room for expansion and the damage done by the flood of 1903, meant the depots days were numbered.