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For the Chicago Transit Authority stations named Central, see Central (CTA). Central Station in February 1971, with signs for the Illinois Central and Big Four

Central Station was an intercity passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, located at the southern end of Grant Park at Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. Owned by the Illinois Central Railroad, it also served other companies via trackage rights. The station opened in 1893, replacing the Illinois Central Depot (on the site of the current Randolph Street Terminal), and closed in 1972 when Amtrak rerouted the last services to Union Station.

The terminal also served the suburban trains of the Illinois Central, electrified in 1926 (now called the Metra Electric Line), as well as the South Shore Line interurban streetcar. Both continued north to the old station at Randolph Street, which is still used as their terminal. Chicago, Illinois.