Ogilvie Transportation Center

West Chicago Township, Italy

The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center (), also known as Chicago OTC, and located on the site of the former Chicago and North Western Terminal, is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. For the last century, this site has served as the primary terminal for the C

hicago and North Western Railway and its successors Union Pacific and Metra. Intercity services had disappeared by the 1970s, but commuter services on the three ex-C&NW mainlines, Metra's UP District lines, continue to terminate here. The tracks are elevated above street level. The old C&NW terminal building was replaced in the mid-1980s with a modern skyscraper, the 500 West Madison Street building. The modern building occupies two square city blocks, bounded by Randolph Street and Madison Street to the north and south and by Canal Street and Clinton Street to the east and west. It is the second busiest rail station in Chicago, after nearby Union Station, the sixth-busiest railway station in North America, and the third-busiest station (after Grand Central Terminal and Jamaica station in New York City) that exclusively serves commuter traffic.

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