A photo-diagram shows the entrance to the train ... The tracks running into and under the concourse of Chicago’s Union Station in September 1953. Jackson Boulevard is in the foreground.

Long-running plans to revamp Chicago’s Union Station are poised to take a step forward in 2025, as Amtrak prepares to begin modernizing and boosting capacity at the commuter and intercity rail hub.

In 1925, when Union Station opened nearly two decades after it was proposed, the Chicago Tribune wrote: “In respect to both architecture and utility, the new station is one of the most ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The iconic 90-year-old Union Station is about to get a $12 million facelift, including upgrades to frequently crowded concourses, and improved temperature controls to avoid burst ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share Chicago Union Station will get $93 million in federal funding for upgrades, but the grant total is far less than what officials had sought and doesn’t ...

Chicago’s landmarked Union Station is poised to receive a glassy, seven-story vertical addition as part of an ambitious multiphase redevelopment of the historic train depot and adjacent Amtrak ...

This classic Chicago landmark opened in 1925 as a replacement for an 1881 train station. Today, the transportation hub runs Amtrak and Metra trains in and out of the city. Union Station also ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks about a coalition of support for the Chicago Union Station Access Project at Union Station on Thursday, July 7, 2022.