Englewood Union Station
Englewood Union Station
Englewood Union Station was a major railroad hub in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Four railroads met there: the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; the New York Central Railroad; the Pennsylvania Railroad; and the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. They operated over shared New York Central trackage, with the Rock Island heading southwest and the NYC heading east into Indiana from Englewood.
The station was at the corner of 63rd Street and State Street in Chicago and opened in 1898. It also saw service from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad from 1904 to 1913.
Nearby, about three-quarters of a mile away at 63rd and Wallace, stood Englewood station on the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad, nicknamed “Little Englewood.”
Englewood Union Station was a busy stop for famous trains. The Broadway Limited (PRR) and the 20th Century Limited (NYC) used Englewood as an eastbound passenger stop, and the Rock Island Rockets stopped there on the westbound run as well.
Passengers could connect to Chicago’s elevated lines at Harvard on the Englewood branch (now part of the Green Line) and, from 1969 to 1978, at 63rd Street on the Dan Ryan branch (now part of the Red Line).
As intercity passenger traffic declined, the station’s fate followed. Intercity service ended in 1978 when the Rock Island stopped operations, and the Pennsylvania trackage was later used by Norfolk Southern for freight and Amtrak traffic to Union Station. Englewood Union Station was demolished, and today the site houses the Norfolk Southern 63rd Street intermodal terminal, with only scattered remnants near 63rd Street and State Street. There are no plans to reopen the station.
Location and quick facts:
- Location: 63rd Street and State Street, Chicago
- Coordinates: about 41.7797°N, 87.6269°W
- Opened: 1898
- Closed: 1978
Gallery highlights include photos of the 1926 Navy Midshipmen arrival, a Rock Island Aerotrain, and the Rocky Mountain Rocket at Englewood.
This page was last edited on 29 January 2026, at 09:24 (CET).