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Chicago and North Western Passenger Terminal

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Richard B. Ogilvie
Transportation Center
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Location 500 West Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
United States
Coordinates 41°52′58″N 87°38′25″W / 41.88269°N 87.64029°W / 41.88269; -87.64029Coordinates: 41°52′58″N 87°38′25″W / 41.88269°N 87.64029°W / 41.88269; -87.64029
Owned by Union Pacific, Metra
Platforms 8 island platforms
Tracks 16
Connections Clinton (CTA Green and Pink Lines station)
Washington/Wells (CTA station)
Local Transit CTA Buses
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone A
History
Opened 1911–1912
Rebuilt 1984–1987
Previous names Chicago and North Western Terminal
North Western Station
Traffic
Passengers 106,700 daily (Metra)
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station
toward Kenosha
Union Pacific North Terminus
toward Harvard or McHenry
Union Pacific Northwest
Some weekday trains
toward Elburn
Union Pacific West
weekends, most weekday trains
toward Elburn

The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center /ˈɡɪlv/ is a passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, serving the three commuter rail lines of Metra's Union Pacific District, which approach the terminal elevated above street level. It occupies the lower floors of the Citigroup Center. The building occupies two square blocks, bounded by Randolph Street and Madison Street to the north and south and by Canal Street and Clinton Street to the east and west. It is the second busiest rail station in Chicago, after Union Station.

The Chicago and North Western Railway built the Chicago and North Western Terminal in 1911 to replace its Wells Street Station across the North Branch of the Chicago River. The new station, in the Renaissance Revival style, was designed by Frost and Granger, also the architects for the 1903 LaSalle Street Station.

The station's 16 tracks were elevated above street level and "reached by six approach tracks and sheltered under an 894-foot-long [272 meter] Bush train shed." The upper level of the head house housed a concourse and other facilities for intercity passengers, including "dressing rooms, baths, nurses and matrons rooms, and a doctor's office." The centerpiece of the upper level was a stately waiting room, measuring 201 by 202 feet (34 by 62 meters), and rising 84 feet (approx. 26 meters) to its barrel-vaulted ceiling. In addition to the main concourse on the upper level, there was a street-level concourse for commuters.


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