Grand Central Station (Chicago)

Grand Central Station
Grand Central in 1963
General information
Location	201 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′24″N 87°38′03″W / 41.87333°N 87.63417°W / 41.87333; -87.63417
Owned by	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
History
Opened	December 8, 1890
Closed	November 8, 1969
Services
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Gary toward Jersey City 63rd Street toward Jersey City Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Terminus Pere Marquette Railway Main Line 63rd Street toward Grand Rapids Preceding station Chicago Great Western Railway Following station Forest Park toward Omaha Omaha – Chicago Terminus Preceding station Soo Line Following station Forest Park toward Portal Main Line Terminus Preceding station Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Following station Halsted Street toward Chicago Heights Suburban service Terminus Halsted Street toward Thatcher's Park Chicago & Northern Pacific – Main Line Halsted Street toward Cemetaries Chicago & Northern Pacific – Harlem Division
Abandoned service proposal Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Harvey towards Westport Terre Haute Division Terminus
Grand Central Passenger Station
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built	1890
Demolished	1971
NRHP reference No.	71001084
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1971
Removed from NRHP	October 28, 1971

Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC), and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased the station in 1910 and used it as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its Capitol Limited service to Washington, D.C. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railway. The station opened December 8, 1890, closed November 8, 1969, and was demolished in 1971.