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LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago.First used as a rail terminal in 1852, it was a major intercity rail terminal for the New York Central Railroad until 1968, and for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad until 1978, but now serves only Metra's Rock Island District.
The station is located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois. It is the closest station to LaSalle Street Station , [ 3 ] terminal for Rock Island District Metra trains.
Metra also operates Hegewisch station, although no Metra trains serve the station. [ 4 ] The development of Chicago's commuter rail network resulted in a spoke–hub distribution paradigm , and Metra's services radiate from four terminal stations in the Chicago Loop : Ogilvie Transportation Center , Union Station , LaSalle Street Station , and ...
The LaSalle Street Station commuter terminal is located directly south of the Board of Trade. An art deco skyscraper at 135 S. LaSalle and a modern skyscraper 190 S. LaSalle line the street. One North LaSalle, the former Field Building, Chicago City Hall and the James R. Thompson Center are located within the Loop on LaSalle Street.
Metra: RI (at LaSalle Street) The Loop: October 3, 1897 [62] Elevated Lawrence: Red — Uptown: February 27, 1923 [63] Elevated Linden † Purple — Wilmette: April 2, 1912 [64] At-grade Logan Square: Blue — Logan Square: February 1, 1970 [21] Underground Loyola: Red — Loyola University: May 16, 1908 [24] Embankment Main: Purple: Metra: UP ...
LaSalle/Van Buren is a Chicago "L" station in downtown Chicago serving the CTA's Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. LaSalle/Van Buren is one of the eight stations in the Loop. The station opened on October 3, 1897. LaSalle Street Station, terminal for Metra's Rock Island District trains, is less than a block from the station.
The Chicago and North Western Railway built the Chicago and North Western Terminal in 1911 to replace its Wells Street Station across the North Branch of the Chicago River. The new station, in the Renaissance Revival style, was designed by Frost and Granger, also the architects for the 1903 LaSalle Street Station. [2]
The SouthWest Service (SWS) is a Metra commuter rail line, running southwest from Union Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois, to Manhattan, Illinois.Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the SouthWest Service line are "Banner Blue," for the Wabash Railroad's Banner Blue passenger train. [3]