Central Station (Chicago terminal)

Central Station was an intercity passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at the southern end of Grant Park near Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. Owned by the Illinois Central Railroad, it also served other companies via trackage rights. It opened in 1893, replacing Great Central Station (on the site of the current Millennium Station), and closed in 1972 when Amtrak rerouted services to Union Station. The station building was demolished in 1974. It is now the site of a redevelopment called Central Station, Chicago.

Not to be confused with Grand Central Station (Chicago) or Great Central Station.
For other uses, see Central Station (disambiguation).
Chicago Central Station
Intercity rail
Illinois Central Depot, c. 1901
General information
Coordinates41°52′05″N 87°37′19″W
ConnectionsRoosevelt Road station
Construction
ArchitectBradford L. Gilbert
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
History
OpenedApril 17, 1893
ClosedMarch 5, 1972
Key dates
June 3, 1974Demolished
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Homewood
toward New Orleans
 Panama Limited Terminus
Homewood
toward St. Petersburg or Miami
 Floridian
Homewood
toward Cincinnati
 James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
Homewood
toward Carbondale
 Shawnee
Homewood
toward Champaign–Urbana
 Illini
Campus
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
63rd Street
toward Cincinnati
 Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad
1907–1910
1925–1933
 Terminus
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
43rd Street
toward New Orleans
 Main Line Terminus
Hawthorne
toward Sioux City
 Sioux City – Chicago
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
63rd Street
toward Buffalo
 Michigan Central Railroad
Main Line
(Until 1957)
 Terminus
63rd Street
toward Cincinnati
 Chicago – Cincinnati
Preceding station Soo Line Following station
Schiller Park
toward Superior
 Main Line
(1963–1965)
 Terminus
Altenheim
toward Portal
 Main Line
(Until 1912)
Location

Adjoining platforms at Roosevelt served the Illinois Central's suburban trains for both the Electric and West lines, in addition to the South Shore Line interurban railroad. All three lines continued north to Randolph Street.

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