The table below shows all lines that have served downtown Chicago and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal.
| railroad |
Central Depot (1856–1893)
Central Station (1893–1972) |
Dearborn
(1885–1971) |
LaSalle Street
(1852–present) |
Grand Central
(1890–1969) |
Union Station
(1881–present) |
Wells Street (1881–1911)
North Western (1911–present) |
others |
| Illinois Central Railroad |
1856-1972 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
|
1972–present (under Amtrak) |
|
Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street) 1893–present (commuter lines only, under Metra) |
| Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad (IC) |
?-1971 |
|
|
|
|
|
1974-1981 (under Amtrak) |
| Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad (C&O) |
1907-1910
1925-1933 |
1910–1925 |
|
|
1974-1977 (under Amtrak) |
|
Hammond ? |
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (NYC) |
?-1972 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
|
1972-1973 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Michigan Central Railroad (NYC) |
?-1957 |
|
1957–1968 |
|
1968–present (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street) 1912–present (under NICTD) |
| Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad |
|
1885?-1964 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad |
|
1885-? |
|
|
1974-1975 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| The Monon (Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway) |
|
1885-? |
|
|
1975-1979 (under Amtrak)
1980–present (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Chicago and Erie Railroad (Erie) |
|
1885–1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
|
1885–1971 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Wabash Railroad (to St. Louis) |
|
1885–1976 |
|
|
1976–present (under Metra) |
|
|
| Wabash Railroad (to Buffalo) |
|
? |
|
|
|
|
|
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
|
?-1971 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
1971-1996 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (NYC) |
|
|
1852-1900
1903-1968 |
1900–1903 |
1968–present (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
|
|
1852-1900
1903–present (under Metra) |
1900–1903 |
|
|
|
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad |
1882–1892 |
|
? |
|
|
|
Nickel Plate 1892-? |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
?-1892/1893? |
|
|
1892/1893?-1969 |
1977-1981 (under Amtrak)
1982-1986 (under Amtrak)
1990-1995 (under Amtrak)
1996-2005 (under Amtrak) |
1969–1971 |
|
| Chicago Great Western Railway |
|
|
|
1890–1956 |
|
|
|
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway |
1899-1912
1965 |
|
|
1890-1899
1912-1965 |
1996–present (under Metra) |
|
|
| Pere Marquette Railway |
?-1903 |
|
|
1903–1969 |
1984–present (under Amtrak) |
1969–1971 |
|
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
1856-? |
|
|
|
1881–present (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (to Milwaukee) |
|
|
|
|
1881–present (under Amtrak and Metra) |
|
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (to Omaha) |
|
|
|
|
1881–present (under Metra) |
|
|
| Chicago and Evanston Railroad (MILW) |
|
|
|
|
1885–1908 |
|
|
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (PRR) |
|
|
|
|
1881-1971
1972-1974 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (PRR) |
|
|
|
|
1881-1990 (under Amtrak) |
|
|
| Alton Railroad |
?-1881 |
|
1858-? |
|
1881–present (under Amtrak and Metra) |
|
|
| Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (C&NW) |
1856-? |
|
|
|
|
1881–present (under Metra) |
G&CU Depot 1848-1856 |
| Chicago and Milwaukee Railway (C&NW) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad (C&NW) |
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