Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center is located at 500 West Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. Originally opened in 1911 by the Chicago and North Western Railway (as Chicago and North Western Terminal,) the station was constructed in a gorgeous Renaissance Revival-style and featured a grand head house containing a spacious waiting room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. This majestic portion of the site was, unfortunately, razed in 1984 so that a glass-and-steel skyscraper (Accenture Tower) could be built in its place. Despite having lost its stately entrance, OTC remains just as important as ever: it’s the sixth-busiest railroad station in all of North America! It features 8 island platforms serving a total of 16 tracks. The terminal provides service for Metra’s Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West commuter rail lines. Connections can be made to CTA bus routes J14, 19, 56, 60, 120, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 157 and 192.
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The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center is located at 500 West Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. Originally opened in 1911 by the Chicago and North Western Railway (as Chicago and North Western Terminal,) the station was constructed in a gorgeous Renaissance Revival-style and featured a grand head house containing a spacious waiting room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. This majestic portion of the site was, unfortunately, razed in 1984 so that a glass-and-steel skyscraper (Accenture Tower) could be built in its place. Despite having lost its stately entrance, OTC remains just as important as ever: it’s the sixth-busiest railroad station in all of North America! It features 8 island platforms serving a total of 16 tracks. The terminal provides service for Metra’s Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West commuter rail lines. Connections can be made to CTA bus routes J14, 19, 56, 60, 120, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 157 and 192.
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