The table below shows all lines that have served downtown Chicago and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal.
| railroad
| Central Depot (1856-1893)
Central Station (1893-1972)
| Dearborn
(1885-1971)
| LaSalle Street
(1852-present)
| Grand Central
(1890-1969)
| Union Station
(1881-present)
| Wells Street (1881-1911)
North Western (1911-present)
| others
|
| Illinois Central Railroad
| 1856-1972 (under Amtrak)
|
|
|
| 1972-present (under Amtrak)
|
| Randolph Street 1893-present (commuter lines only, under Metra)
|
| Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad (IC)
| ?-1971
|
|
|
| 1974-1981 (under Amtrak)
|
| Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad (C&O)
| 1907-1910
1925-?
| 1910-1925
|
|
| 1974-1977 (under Amtrak)
|
| Hammond ?
|
| Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (NYC)
| ?-1972 (under Amtrak)
|
|
|
| 1972-1973 (under Amtrak)
|
| Michigan Central Railroad (NYC)
| ?-1957
|
| 1957-1968
|
| 1968-present (under Amtrak)
|
| Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Randolph Street 1912-present (under NICTD)
|
| Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
|
| 1885?-1964
|
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
|
| 1885-?
|
|
| 1974-1975 (under Amtrak)
|
| Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
|
| 1885-?
|
|
| 1975-1979 (under Amtrak)
1980-present (under Amtrak)
|
| Chicago and Erie Railroad (Erie)
|
| 1885-?
|
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad
|
| 1885-1971
|
| Wabash Railroad (to St. Louis)
|
| 1885-1976
|
|
| 1976-present (under Metra)
|
| Wabash Railroad (to Buffalo)
|
| ?
|
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|
| ?-1971 (under Amtrak)
|
|
| 1971-1996 (under Amtrak)
|
| Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (NYC)
|
|
| 1852-1900
1903-1968
| 1900-1903
| 1968-present (under Amtrak)
|
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
|
| 1852-1900
1903-present (under Metra)
| 1900-1903
|
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
| 1882-1892
|
| ?
|
|
|
| Nickel Plate 1892-?
|
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| ?-1892/1893?
|
|
| 1892/1893?-1969
| 1977-1981 (under Amtrak)
1982-1986 (under Amtrak)
1990-1995 (under Amtrak)
1996-2005 (under Amtrak)
| 1969-1971
|
| Chicago Great Western Railway
|
|
|
| 1890-1956
|
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
| 1899-1912
1965-?
|
|
| 1890-1899
1912-1965
| 1996-present (under Metra)
|
| Pere Marquette Railway
| ?-1903
|
|
| 1903-1969
| 1984-present (under Amtrak)
| 1969-1971
|
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
| 1856-?
|
|
|
| 1881-present (under Amtrak)
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (to Milwaukee)
|
|
|
|
| 1881-present (under Amtrak and Metra)
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (to Omaha)
|
|
|
|
| 1881-present (under Metra)
|
| Chicago and Evanston Railroad (MILW)
|
|
|
|
| 1885-1908
|
| Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (PRR)
|
|
|
|
| 1881-1971
1972-1974 (under Amtrak)
|
| Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (PRR)
|
|
|
|
| 1881-1990 (under Amtrak)
|
| Alton Railroad
| ?-1881
|
| 1858-?
|
| 1881-present (under Amtrak and Metra)
|
| Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (C&NW)
| 1856-?
|
|
|
|
| 1881-present (under Metra)
| G&CU Depot 1848-1856
|
| Chicago and Milwaukee Railway (C&NW)
|
|
|
|
|
| 1881-present (under Metra)
|
| Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad (C&NW)
|
|
|
|
|
| 1881-present (under Metra)
|
