Union Station (Chicago) - Historical Services

Historical Services

Union Station served as a terminal for the following lines and intercity trains:

  • Chicago and Alton Railroad – only a tenant, later part of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route)
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) – The station housed its corporate offices
  • Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (PRR)
  • Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Panhandle) (moved to use the PFW&C approach after April 23, 1917)
  • Penn Central Transportation Company (former services of the New York Central Railroad and Michigan Central Railroad) (moved from LaSalle Street Station October 27, 1968)
  • Amtrak (began May 1, 1971, moved from Dearborn Station May 2, 1971 and Central Station March 6, 1972 (Floridian moved January 23, 1972); Amtrak's Calumet and Indiana Connection commuter trains also ran into Union Station

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