Chicago Union Station Company
| Reporting mark | CUST |
|---|---|
| Locale | Chicago |
| Dates of operation | 1925– |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
The Chicago Union Station Company (reporting mark CUST) owns Chicago's Union Station and the approach tracks. It was originally owned equally by four companies - the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (two Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiaries), the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route), and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) - and is now owned fully by Amtrak.
The Union Station Company was incorporated July 3, 1913 and organized November 19, 1913 to replace the old union station on the same spot. On May 7, 1915 the company was renamed to the Chicago Union Station Company. The station was opened May 16, 1925, with viaduct construction for cross streets lasting into 1927.
The connection with the PFW&C was at the south end of the CUS trackage at the Roosevelt Road crossing. The north end of CUS trackage is at the curve near Kinzie Street, west of which the PCC&StL and CM&StP shared trackage to a split at Western Avenue. At the Roosevelt Road crossing, the tracks of the CB&Q split to the west, turning west just after crossing under the St. Charles Air Line Railroad. A fifth line - the Chicago and Alton Railroad - merged with the PFW&C line at Alton Junction and used Union Station, admitted on September 18, 1915.
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