Chicago Union Station

Chicago Union Station
Amtrak intercity and Metra commuter rail terminal
Facade of the main station building as seen from Jackson Boulevard
General information
Location	225 South Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois
Owned by	Amtrak
Operated by	Amtrak, Metra
Line(s)	C&M Subdivision (North Concourse) Chicago Subdivision (South Concourse)
Platforms	30 island platforms
Tracks	24 (14 South Concourse, 10 North Concourse)[1]
Connections	Chicago "L": Blue at Clinton Brown Orange Pink Purple at Quincy CTA Buses, Amtrak Thruway, Pace, Megabus, Greyhound
Construction
Parking	Paid
Bicycle facilities	3 Divvy bikeshare stations
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CHI
IATA code	ZUN
Fare zone	1 (Metra)
Website	chicagounionstation.com
History
Opened	May 16, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-05-16)
Passengers
FY 2023	2,722,448[2] (Amtrak)
Services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Blue Water New Buffalo toward Port Huron Cardinal Dyer toward New York Floridian South Bend toward Miami Lake Shore Limited South Bend toward New York or Boston South Pere Marquette St. Joseph toward Grand Rapids Wolverine Hammond–Whiting toward Pontiac Glenview toward St. Paul Borealis Terminus Naperville toward Emeryville California Zephyr Homewood toward New Orleans City of New Orleans Glenview toward Seattle or Portland Empire Builder Glenview toward Milwaukee Hiawatha Homewood toward Carbondale Illini and Saluki La Grange Road toward Quincy Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Summit toward St. Louis Lincoln Service Naperville toward Los Angeles Southwest Chief Joliet toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Preceding station Metra Following station Halsted Street toward Aurora BNSF Terminus Summit toward Joliet Heritage Corridor Weekday rush hours Western Avenue toward Fox Lake Milwaukee District North Western Avenue toward Big Timber Road Milwaukee District West Western Avenue toward Antioch North Central Service Weekdays Wrightwood toward Manhattan SouthWest Service Weekdays
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Capitol Limited 1981–2024 South Bend toward Washington, D.C. Hoosier State Discontinued in 2019 Dyer toward Indianapolis Kentucky Cardinal Discontinued in 2003 Dyer toward Louisville Pennsylvanian 1998–2003 Hammond–Whiting toward Philadelphia Three Rivers 1995–2005 Hammond–Whiting toward New York International Hammond–Whiting 1982–2001 toward Toronto Niles 2001–2004 toward Toronto Lake Cities 1980–2004 Hammond–Whiting toward Pontiac Twilight Limited 1976–2004 Hammond–Whiting toward Pontiac Broadway Limited Discontinued in 1995 Hammond–Whiting toward New York Lake Shore South Bend toward New York (Grand Central) Calumet Discontinued in 1991 Hammond–Whiting toward Valparaiso Mountaineer 1975–1977 Peru toward Norfolk James Whitcomb Riley 1974–1977 Peru toward Washington, D.C. James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington 1972–1974 Homewood toward Washington, D.C. or Newport News Floridian 1972-1979 Logansport 1972–1975 toward St. Petersburg or Miami Lafayette 1975–1979 toward St. Petersburg or Miami Elmhurst 1974-1981 toward Dubuque Black Hawk 1974–1981 Terminus Glenview 2000-2001 toward Janesville Lake Country Limited Joliet (Union Station) toward Dallas or Houston Lone Star Discontinued in 1979 Joliet (Union Station) toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American Discontinued in 1981 Naperville toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Discontinued in 1997 Naperville toward Seattle Pioneer Discontinued in 1997 Glenview toward Seattle North Coast Hiawatha Discontinued in 1979 Preceding station Burlington Route Following station La Grange toward Denver Main Line Terminus Aurora toward Oakland California Zephyr La Grange toward Minneapolis Minneapolis – Chicago Halsted Street toward Aurora Suburban Service Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Western Avenue towards Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Terminus Western Avenue towards Omaha Omaha – Chicago Western Avenue towards Milwaukee Chicago – Milwaukee Western Avenue towards Walworth Suburban Service North Line Western Avenue towards Elgin Suburban Service West Line Fullerton Avenue towards Llewellyn Park Chicago – Evanston Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Englewood toward New York or Exchange Place Valparaiso Local Garfield Boulevard toward Valparaiso Chicago – Columbus Englewood toward Columbus Chicago – Cincinnati Englewood toward Cincinnati Chicago – Louisville Englewood toward Louisville Preceding station Alton Railroad Following station Halsted Street toward St. Louis Main Line Terminus Preceding station Norfolk and Western Railway Following station 47th Street toward Orland Park Orland Park Cannonball Terminus
Future services Preceding station Amtrak Following station La Grange Road toward Moline Quad Cities Proposed Terminus
Interactive map highlighting Chicago Union Station
Coordinates	41°52′43″N 87°38′25″W / 41.87861°N 87.64028°W / 41.87861; -87.64028
Architect	D. H. Burnham & Company and successors
Architectural style(s)	Beaux-Arts
Chicago Landmark
Designated	May 1, 2002
Track layout Legend C&E to Llewellyn Park [note 1] MD-W to Big Timber Road NCS to Antioch MD-N to Fox Lake Blue ( to O'Hare to downtown ) Green Pink [note 1] end MD-WNCSMD-N end North Concourse South Concourse BNSFHCSWS end [note 2][note 3] end Blue ( to Forest Park to downtown ) Yard tracks omitted beyond this point B&OCT Bridge (closed) St. Charles Air Line Br. (temporarily closed)   BNSF to Aurora [note 2] HC to Joliet SWS to Manhattan [note 3] Key Platforms for passenger use Platform for mail use Yard tracks; former tracks ^ a b Empire Builder, Borealis, Hiawatha ^ a b California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr/Carl Sandburg, Southwest Chief ^ a b Blue Water, Floridian, Lake Shore Limited, Pere Marquette, Wolverine, Cardinal, City of New Orleans, Illini/Saluki, Lincoln Service, Texas Eagle

Chicago Union Station is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the Near West Side of Chicago. Amtrak's flagship station in the Midwest, Union Station is the terminus of eight national long-distance routes and eight regional corridor routes. Six Metra commuter lines also terminate here.

Union Station is just west of the Chicago River between West Adams Street and West Jackson Boulevard, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. Including approach and storage tracks, it covers about nine and a half city blocks (mostly underground, beneath streets and skyscrapers, some built with the earliest usage of railway air rights).

The present station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier union station on this site built in 1881. The station is the fourth-busiest rail station in the United States, after Pennsylvania Station, Grand Central Terminal, and Jamaica station in New York City,^[3] and the busiest outside of the Northeast Corridor. It handles about 140,000 passengers on an average weekday (including 10,000 Amtrak passengers).^[4] It has Bedford limestone Beaux-Arts facades, and an interior with massive Corinthian columns, marble floors, and a Great Hall, highlighted by brass lamps.^[5]

The station connects to multiple transit authorities including the Chicago Transit Authority bus and Chicago L lines, Metra, Pace, Greyhound, and more either within the station or within walking distance.