Chicago Railroad Stations

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Transportation  

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No other city in the world had as many railroad terminals as Chicago at the turn of the century.

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Dearborn Street Station as seen in 1910.

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RAILROAD STATIONS — By Station.

Dearborn Station Polk and S. Dearborn streets. 1885-Present
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Rallway (Monon Route)
Chicago & Erie Railroad
Chicago & Western Indiana R. R.,
Grand Trunk Railway
Monon Route (C, I. & L. Ry.)
Wabash Railroad

Grand Central Station W. Harrison Street and S. Fifth Avenue 1890-1971
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
Chicago, Great Western Raliway (Maple Leaf Route)
Maple Leaf Route (C. Gt. Western Ry.)
Pere Marquette Railroad

Great Central Depot Adams Street and Michigan Avenue 1856-1893
Central Station E. 12th Street and Park Row. 1893-1974
Big Four Route (C., C., C., & St. L.)
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Rallway (Big Four)
Illinois Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie

Michigan Southern Depot SW corner of LaSalle and Van Buren Streets 1866-1871
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Station S. La Salle and W. Van Buren streets. 1873-1903
La Salle Street Station S. La Salle and W. Van Buren streets. 1903-1981
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rallroad (Nickel Plate)
Nickel Plate (N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R.)
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

North Western Wells Street Depot W. Kinzie and Wells streets. 1881-1910
North Western Depot W. Madison and N. Canal streets. 1911-1984
Chicago & North Western Railway

Union Depot W. Adams and Canal streets. 1881-1925
Union Station W. Adams and Canal streets. 1925-Present
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Chicago, Mliwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago & Alton Rallway
Pan Handle (Pennsylvania Co.)
Pennsylvania Co. (Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Ry.)
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis Rallway . (Pan Handle)

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The Chicago and Northwestern passenger depot in 1893. Visible are the stages of the Parmelee Transfer which shuttled between all Chicago railroad terminals. The City of Chicago granted Parmalee the exclusive franchise for station transfer trade moving passengers and baggage, which the company held until 1971. After Amtrak consolidated inter-city railroad passenger services at Chicago’s Union Station, Parmalee ceased operations under the Parmalee name, but continues as Continental Airport Express.

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RAILROAD STATIONS — By Road.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Dearborn Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Grand Central Station, W. Harrison Street and S. Fifth Avenue.
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, Grand Central Station, W. Harrison Street and S. Fifth Avenue.
Big Four Route (C., C., C., & St. L.), E. Twelfth Street and Park Row.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway, Union Depot, W. Adams and Canal streets.
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisvllle, Central Station, E. 12th Street and Park Row.
Chicago, Great Western Railway (Maple Leaf Route), Grand Central Station, W. Harrison Street and S. Fifth Avenue.
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisvllle Railway (Monon Route), Dearborn Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.
Chicago, Indiana & Southern, La Salle Street Station, S. La Salle and W. Van Buren streets.
Chicago, Mliwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Union Depot, W. Adams and Canal streets.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, La Salle Street Station, W. Van Buren and S. La Salle streets.
Chicago & Alton Rallway, Union Depot, W. Adams and Canal streets.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, La Salle Street Station, W. Van Buren and S. La Salle streets.
Chicago & Erie Railroad, Dearborn Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.
Chicago & North Western Railway, North Western Depot, W. Madison and N. Canal streets.
Chicago & Western Indiana R. R., Dearborn Street Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (Big Four), Central Station, E. Twelfth Street and Park Row.
Grand Trunk Rallway, Dearborn Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.
Illinois Central Railroad, Central Station, E. Twelfth Street and Park Row.
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, La Salle Street Station, W. Van Buren and S. La Salle streets.
Maple Leaf Route (C. Gt. Western Ry.), Grand Central Station, W. Harrison Street and S. Fifth Avenue.
Michigan Central Railroad, Central Station, E. Twelfth Street and Park Row.
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, Central Station, E Twelfth Street and Park Row.
Monon Route (C, I. & L. Ry.), Dearborn Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), La Salle Street Station, W. Van Buren and S. La Salle streets.
Nickel Plate (N. Y., C, & St. L. R. R.), La Salle Street Station, W. Van Buren and S. La Salle streets.
Pan Handle (Pennsylvania Co.), Union Depot, W. Adams and S. Canal streets.
Pennsylvania Co. (Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Ry.), Union Depot, W. Adams and S. Canal streets.
Pere Marquette Railroad, Grand Central Station, W. Harrison Street and S. Fifth Avenue.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis Railway . (Pan Handle), Union Depot, W. Adams and S. Canal streets.
Wabash Railroad, Dearborn Station, Polk and S. Dearborn streets.

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The headhouse of the Union Depot, a narrow building, fronted onto Canal Street and stretched from Madison Street to Adams Street. Tracks led into the station from the south, and platforms occupied a strip of land between the back of the headhouse and the bank of the Chicago River. South of the station, Adams, Jackson, and Van Buren Streets rose over the tracks and the river on bridges.

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“Grand Central Depot”
Published in “Harper’s Weekly” September 1891

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Property of Railroads in the Business Center of Chicago
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Co.
1898

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