Train stations in Chicago

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Route network in Chicago around 1913

Chicago is considered to be the largest rail hub in the world. At the height of passenger traffic in the first half of the 20th century, the city had six long-distance train stations. Only the Union Station survived in a reduced form and is served by Amtrak . Some of the marshalling yards there were also shut down. In addition to the long-distance passenger and marshalling yards listed below, Chicago also has numerous suburban, freight and other railway stations.

Long-distance passenger stations

This overview shows the long-distance train stations in Chicago and the companies they serve.

In operation

Union Station (1881 - today)
Amtrak 1971 to date
Penn Central 1968 to 1971
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad , from 1970 Burlington Northern Railroad 1881 to 1971
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 1881 to 1971
Chicago and Evanston Railroad, from 1888 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 1885 to 1888
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, from 1921 ( Pennsylvania Railroad ) 1881 to 1971
Pennsylvania Railroad (via Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad) 1881 to 1968
Chicago and Alton Railroad , from 1947 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 1881 to 1971
LaSalle Street Station (1852 to date)
Today only local transport through Metra .
New York Central Railroad (Michigan Central Railroad) 1957 to 1968
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, from 1915 ( New York Central Railroad ) 1869 to 1900 and 1903 to 1968
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1852-1900 and 1903-1971
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate) 1882 to 1964
Chicago and North Western Terminal (since 1997 Ogilvie Transportation Center) (1911 to present)
Today only local transport through Metra .
Chicago and North Western Railway 1911 to 1971
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1969 to 1971
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1969 to 1971

Shut down

Central Depot (1852-1893), Central Station (1893-1972, demolished 1974)
Illinois Central Railroad 1852 to 1971
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, from 1910 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1907 to 1910, 1925 to 1971
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, from 1930 New York Central Railroad 1893 to 1971
Michigan Central Railroad, from 1930 New York Central Railroad 1852 to 1957
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate) 1882 to 1892
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad until 1893
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1899 to 1912, 1965 to 1971
Chicago and West Michigan Railway, from 1900 Pere Marquette Railway 1893 to 1903
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1856 to 1881
Chicago and Alton Railroad  ? until 1881
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, from 1865 ( Chicago and North Western Railway ) 1856 to 1881
Dearborn Station
Dearborn (1885 to 1971)
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad 1885 to 1964
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad 1885 to 1971
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1910 to 1925
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway 1885 to 1971
Chicago and Erie Railroad, from 1940 Erie Railroad , from 1960 Erie-Lackawanna Railroad 1885 to 1971
Grand Trunk Western Railroad 1885 to 1971
Wabash Railroad 1885-1971
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway  ? until 1971
Grand Central Station
Grand Central Station (1890 to 1969, demolished in 1971)
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway 1900 to 1903
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1900 to 1903
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1893 to 1969
Chicago Great Western Railway 1890 to 1956
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1890 to 1899 and 1912 to 1965
Pere Marquette Railway , from 1947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1903 to 1969
Wells Street Station
Wells Street Station (1881-1911)
Chicago and North Western Railway 1881 to 1911

Others

Randolph Street Station 1895
Randolph Street Terminal
Illinois Central Railroad 1893 to 1971
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad , since 1989 as South Shore Line of the NICTD 1912 until today
Hammond
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, from 1910 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Nickel Plate Depot
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 1892 to 1897
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Depot
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, from 1865 Chicago and North Western Railway 1848 to 1856

The Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway , later part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , never operated passenger services in the Chicago area.

Marshalling yards

In operation

The number of direction tracks and the current railway company are given after the name of each station .

Shut down

Listed are disused marshalling yards that have had at least one drainage mountain and are still mostly used today in a reduced form as freight or container yards . The railway company is not stated because the current company is usually no longer identical to the operating company before the discharge mountain or marshalling yard was closed.

  • Markham Yard (was one of the largest marshalling yards in the world with 64 and 45 directional tracks)
  • Gibson Yard (outside the Chicago metropolitan area in the state of Indiana , but part of the Chicago railroad junction)
  • Corwith Yard (formerly 32, now container terminal )
  • Clyde Yard (in the western suburb of Cicero)
  • 59th Street Yard (42)
  • 55th Street Yard
  • Proviso Yard (66)

There were also other marshalling yards of medium or smaller size without a drainage mountain.

literature

  • SZWAJKART John: Train Watcher's Guide To Chicago. Third edition. Brookfield, Illinois: Self-published, 1987; no ISBN . With insert.
  • RHODES (Dr.) Michael: North American RAILYARDS . St. Paul (USA): Motorbooks International (MBI Publishing Company), 2003. ISBN 0-7603-1578-7 . Contains descriptions of all operating marshalling yards in Chicago and the United States.
  • Trains - Special Issue Chicago . 07/03, Kalmbach Publishing Co., ISSN  0041-0934

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