History of passenger rail in Chicago

Chicago is considered the largest railway junction in the world. For the wedding of the passenger traffic in the first half of the 20th century, the town had six railway stations. Only the Union Station survived in reduced form and is served by Amtrak. Also a part of the local railway yards was shut down. In addition to the persons listed below remote and marshalling yards exist in Chicago, numerous suburban, freight and other stations.

• 2.1 Operating
• 2.2 Decommissioned

Remote Passenger Stations

This overview shows the main train stations in Chicago and the companies they cite.

In use

Decommissioned

Other

The Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway, later part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, never operate passenger services in the Chicago area.

Marshalling yards

In use

Appearances after the name of each station, the number of classification tracks and the current railway company.

• Clearing Yard (two-sided: 36 56, Belt Railway of Chicago)
• Proviso Yard (66, Union Pacific Railroad )
• Blue Iceland yard ( in the southern suburb of Riverdale, 44, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad )
• Kirkyard (outside of the Chicago city limits located at Gary, however, part of the railway junction Chicago, 42; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad )
• Bensenville Yard (24? , Canadian Pacific Railway)

Decommissioned

Listed are disused railway yards, who have owned at least one hump and are still used mostly in the reduced form as freight or container stations. The disclosure of the railway company was not made because the current society is no longer identical with the operating company prior to closure of the drain mountain or marshalling yard in general.

• Markham Yard ( was 64 and 45 classification tracks one of the largest marshalling yards in the world)
• Gibson Yard ( located outside the urban area Chicago in the state of Indiana, but part of the railway junction Chicago)
• Corwith Yard
• Clyde Yard ( in the western suburb of Cicero)
• 59th Street Yard
• 55th Street Yard.

There were also additional marshalling yards medium or smaller size without the hump.