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Chicago Union Station Master Plan Study

The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) has conducted the Chicago Union Station Master Plan Study in a collaborative effort with extensive participation from Amtrak (the station’s owner), Metra (the station’s primary tenant), and other stakeholder organizations. The current planning efforts represent a continuation of the City of Chicago’s longstanding interests in improving passenger transportation and interchange facilities in the Union Station area, consistent with the City’s Central Area ACTION Plan of 2009 and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s GO TO 2040 regional plan. Union Station is one of the region’s key transportation facilities and economic drivers. It is the third busiest railroad terminal in the United States, serving over 300 trains per weekday carrying about 120,000 arriving and departing passengers – a level of passenger traffic that would rank it among the ten busiest airports in the U.S. Most travelers at Union Station take Metra commuter trains. The Station is also the hub of Amtrak’s network of regional trains serving the Midwest as well as most of the nation’s overnight trains, which connect to the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. This

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