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Stations noted existed prior to the start of "L" service. [76] b Clark/Lake is listed twice because the elevated and subway sections opened as separate stations in 1895 [44] and 1951, [36] [37] respectively. c Forest Park existed as an interurban station on the Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway prior to the start of "L
18th Street station (CTA South Side Elevated) 18th station; 26th Street station; 29th station; 31st station; 33rd station; 35th/Archer station; 47th station (CTA Red Line) 54th/Cermak station; 58th station; 63rd station
In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail. [4] In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area. [4] The board was renamed Metra ...
Although Metra's commuter rail system is designed to connect points all over the Chicago metropolitan area, it does provide some intracity connections within Chicago. [34] Metra trains originate from one of four stations in downtown Chicago. Six lines originate at Union Station.
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") [4] is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, [1] [note 1] and the third-busiest rapid ...
The current Union Station is the second by that name built in Chicago, and possibly the third rail station to occupy the site. The need for a single, centralized station was an important political topic in 19th and 20th-century Chicago, [25] as various competing railroads had built a series of terminal stations.
Chicago and Atlantic Railway: C&E 1885–1890 1880–1885 Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway: CCC&StL 1880–1889 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway: Wabash 1885–1887 1880–1885 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: L&N 1904–1913 1885–1904, 1913–1969 1877–1885 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: CMStP&P ...
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...