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  2. Grand Central Station (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969.It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop.

  3. 20th Century Limited - Wikipedia

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    The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad's "Water Level Route".

  4. Timeline of Grand Central Terminal - Wikipedia

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    Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-2595-9. Robins, A.W.; New York Transit Museum (2013). Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark. ABRAMS. ISBN 978-1-61312-387-4; Schlichting, Kurt C. (2001). Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Architecture and Engineering in New York ...

  5. Great Central Station - Wikipedia

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    The train shed incorporated a Howe truss in its design and measured 166 feet (51 m) wide and 36 feet (11 m) high. Only Birmingham New Street railway station had a wider roof. On its completion the station was the largest building in Chicago. [3] In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the train shed, which was never rebuilt. A subsequent fire ...

  6. List of Amtrak stations - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. List of busiest railway stations in North America - Wikipedia

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    Grand Central Terminal: 67.326 [8] New York City United States: Metro-North Railroad: 44 (67 tracks) New York City Subway, Long Island Rail Road: 4: Jamaica Station: 59.803 [9] New York City United States: Long Island Rail Road: 6 (10 tracks) AirTrain JFK, New York City Subway: 5: Chicago Union Station: 43.948 [10] Chicago United States: Amtrak ...

  8. Chicago Union Station - Wikipedia

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    The station is the fourth-busiest rail station in the United States, after Pennsylvania Station, Grand Central Terminal, and Jamaica station in New York City, [3] and the busiest outside of the Northeast Corridor. It handles about 140,000 passengers on an average weekday (including 10,000 Amtrak passengers). [4]

  9. List of historical passenger rail services in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway: PC&St.L 1868–1869 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: C&NW 1866–1980 Chicago and Great Eastern Railway: CC&IC: 1866–1868 Chicago and Rock Island Railroad: CRI&P: 1866 Chicago and Alton Railroad: Alton 1863–1931 1862–1863 Chicago and North Western Railway: NIRC, UP 1911–1995 1980 ...