The information here covers surviving Illinois railroad stations. The Railroad Station Historical Society (RSHS) and my many thanks to them for such (the information here would not have been possible without their invaluable resources) provided much of the research for this page. If you would like to learn more about the Railroad Station Historical Society or are considering becoming a member please click here to visit their website.
Also, if you know of a railroad station or depot in your area that is not preserved or in danger of being demolished please take action to see if it can be saved. These buildings are beautiful works of architecture and it has been proven time and again that preserved historic railroad stations (whether still in use as a train station or not) increase the value and attractiveness of an area for both visitors and businesses (particularly if it is located in a downtown area). Not only that, but you will be saving an important piece of history!
Addison: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands.
Alden: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, abandoned.
Aledo: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad here still stands, used as a community center.
Alton: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Alton Railroad here still stands.
Ambory: The passenger/office and freight stations originally built by the IC here still stand.
Arcola: The passenger station originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands.
Arlington Heights: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Ashkum: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands.
Avon: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad here still stands, used as a museum.
Barrington: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, one used as a restaurant the other as a Metra stop.
Bartlett: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Batavia: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad here still stands, used as a museum.
Beecher: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad here still stands.
Bellville: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the IC here still stand, both used as businesses.
Bellwood: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Belvidere: The freight station originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a business.
Benton: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Berkeley: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Bethany: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a business and museum.
Beverley: Five passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Big Rock: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum and moved to Aurora.
Bismark: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad here still stands, used as a museum and moved to Danville.
Blue Island: Two passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Bone Gap: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.
Braeside: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Breese: The passenger depot originally built by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad here still stands.
Brookfield: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, home of the Brookfield Historical Society Museum.
Browning: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
Bryn Mawr: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Buckley: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands, privately owned.
Buffalo: The interurban station originally built by the Illinois Terminal Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Bureau: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, vacant.
Burlington: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands, used as a municipal building.
Burnside: The passenger depot originally built by the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway here still stands, used as a museum.
Bushnell: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, moved to Hamilton and used as a museum.
Cairo: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands.
Canton: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a offices.
Carbondale: The passenger station originally built by the IC here still stands.
Carlyle: The passenger depot originally built by the B&O here still stands.
Carthage: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, vacant.
Cary: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Cedar Point: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.
Centralia: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.
Champaign: Two passenger depots originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stand as well as one built by the Wabash Railroad. Also, freight depots originally built by the IC, Wabash, and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (the "Big Four") remain.
Charleston: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands.
Chatham: The passenger station originally built by the Chicago & Alton Railroad here still stands, used as a museum.
Chebanse: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Cheltenham: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Chester: The passenger depot originally built by the Missouri Pacific here still stands.
Chicago: Several passenger stations within the city remain including the Milwaukee Road (Argyle Avenue, Western Avenue, Galewood, and Edgebrook), Rock Island (Auburn Park and Gresham), Dearborn Station (built by the Santa Fe, C&O, C&EI, Erie, Grand Trunk Western, Monon, and Wabash), Chicago & North Western (Irving Park and Northwestern Station), Illinois Central (Van Buren Street and 91st Street), Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad (47th and 63rd Streets), CB&Q (Western Avenue), and of course Union Station (built by the C&A, CB&Q, Milwaukee Road, and PRR).
Chillicothe: The passenger depots originally built by the Santa Fe and Rock Island here still stand, the latter used as a museum.
Cicero: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Cisco: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, restored.
Clare: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago Great Western Railway here still stands, privately owned.
Coal City: The passenger depot originally built by the Santa Fe here still stands.
Crystal Lake: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Dahlgren: The passenger depot originally built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Dales: The passenger depot originally built by the L&N here still stands.
Danforth: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands.
De Pue: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, vacant. Also, the former IT interurban station here still stands, used as a library.
Decatur: The freight depots originally built by the B&O and IC here still stand. Also the former Wabash offices and station here remain.
Deerfield: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Deland: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, home of the Monticello Railway Museum.
DeKalb: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, owned by Union Pacific.
Des Plaines: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Divernon: The passenger station originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.
Dixon: The freight depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.
Downers Grove: The passenger depots (Main Street and Fairview Avenue) originally built by the CB&Q here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Dundas: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Dwight: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the C&A here still stand.
Earlville: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
East Dubuque: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, vacant.
East Dundee: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a museum.
East Fort Madison: The passenger depot originally built by the AT&SF here still stands, vacant.
Edison Park: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Effingham: The passenger depot originally built by the IC/PRR here still stands, vacant.
El Paso: The passenger depot originally built by the IC/TP&W here still stands, used as a museum.
Elgin: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop. Also, the former C&NW passenger station here still stands, used as a business.
Elizabeth: The passenger depot originally built by the CGW here still stands, used as a museum.
Ellis: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands.
Elmhurst: The passenger depots originally built by the CGW and C&NW here still stand.
Elva: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, privately owned.
Emden: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.
Evanston: Three passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Flanagan: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Flat Rock: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands, used as a business.
Flora: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the B&O here still stands.
Flossmoor: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.
Foreman: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands, used as a museum and moved to Vienna.
Forrest: The passenger depot originally built by the Wabash here still stands.
Fort Sheridan: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Fox Lake: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Fox River Grove: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Franklin Park: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Freeport: The passenger depots originally built by the Milwaukee Road and IC here still stand.
Fulton: The passenger depots originally built by the CB&Q, Milwaukee Road, and C&NW here still stand.
Geneseo: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.
Genoa: The passenger depots originally built by the IC and Milwaukee Road here still stand, the latter used as a museum.
Gilman: The passenger depot originally built by the Illinois Central Railroad here still stands.
Gilson: The passenger station originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a business.
Glen Ellyn: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Glencoe: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Golf: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Granite City: Granite City Union Depot here still stands, privately owned.
Grayslake: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Grayville: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.
Great Lakes: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Greenup: The passenger depot originally built by the PRR here still stands, used as a museum.
Greenville: The passenger depot originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Gretna: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago Great Western Railway here still stands, moved to Carol Stream.
Hamilton: The passenger depot originally built by the TP&W here still stands, used as a museum.
Hanover Park: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Harristown: The substation here built by Illinois Traction still stands.
Harvard: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Harvey: The passenger depots originally built by the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal and IC here still stand, the latter used as a Metra stop.
Havana: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway here still stands.
Hazel Crest: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Hebron: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a business.
Henrietta: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, privately owned.
Herrin: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the IC here still stand. Also, the former Missouri Pacific passenger depot here still stands.
Highland Park: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Highlands: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Highwood: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Hinesdale: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Homewood: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a Metra and Amtrak stop.
Hooppole: The passenger depot originally built by the Hooppole, Yorktown & Tampico Railroad here still stands.
Hubbard Woods: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Illiopolis: The interurban station originally built by the IT here still stands.
Indian Hill: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Itasca: The passenger depots originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stand, used as a Metra stop and home of the Itasca Historical Depot Museum.
Jacksonville: The passenger depot originally built by the C&A here still stands, used as a business.
Johnson City: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, used as a municipal building.
Joliet: Joliet Union Station here still stands as well as a passenger depot built by the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. Also the EJ&E offices remain as well as a freight depot built by the Santa Fe.
Jonesboro: The passenger depot originally built by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad here still stands, used as a library.
Kankakee: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the IC here still stand.
Kenilworth: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Kensington: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Kirkland: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.
La Harpe: The freight depot originally built by the TP&W here still stands.
Ladd: The freight depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, vacant.
Lafayette: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.
LaGrange: Two passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Lake Bluff: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Lake Forest: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Lake Zurich: The passenger depot originally built by the EJ&E here still stands, vacant.
LaMoille: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, abandoned.
Lansing: The passenger depot originally built by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad here still stands, vacant.
LaSalle: The freight depots originally built by the IC and CRI&P here still stand.
Latham: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a museum.
Lawrenceville: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands, used as a business.
Lemont: The passenger depot originally built by the C&A here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Lexington: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Alton Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Lewistown: The passenger depots originally built by the Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railroad and CB&Q here still stand.
Libertyville: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Lincoln: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the Illinois Terminal Railroad, Chicago & Alton Railroad, and IC here still stand.
Lisle: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.
Litchfield: The passenger depot originally built by the Wabash here still stands, used as a business.
Lockport: The passenger depot originally built by the C&A here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Lombard: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Long Lake: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Loraine: The passenger depot originally built by the Carthage, Burlington & Quincy Railroad here still stands, vacant.
Mackinaw: The interurban depot originally built by the IT here still stands, used as a business and museum.
Macomb: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.
Macon: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Marengo: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, moved to Union and used as part of the Illinois Railway Museum.
Marion: The passenger depots originally built by the IC and C&EI here still stand.
Maroa: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Marseilles: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.
Mascoutah: The passenger depot originally built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad here still stands, used as a museum.
Mattoon: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the IC here still stand. Also, the former Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway passenger depot here still stands, used as a business.
Mayfair: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Mazon: The passenger depot originally built by the AT&SF here still stands.
McHenry: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
McLean: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Alton Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Medinah: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Melrose Park: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Melvin: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.
Mendota: The passenger depots originally built by the IC and Milwaukee Road here still stand. Also, the IC's former freight depot here remains, used as a business.
Meredosia: The passenger depot originally built by the Wabash here still stands, used as a museum.
Milan: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.
Milford: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, used as a municipal building.
Milstadt: The passenger depot originally built by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad here still stands, privately owned.
Moline: The passenger depot originally built by the Davenport, Rock Island & North Western Railway here still stands, used as a visitors center.
Monticello: The passenger depot originally built by the Wabash here still stands, home of the Monticello Railway Museum.
Morgan Park: Two passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Morris: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the Rock Island here still stand. Also, the IT's former interurban depot here remains, used as a business.
Morton Grove: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Mt. Carmel: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands.
Mt. Prospect: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Mt. Sterling: The passenger depot originally built by the Wabash here still stands, used as a museum.
Mt Veron: The passenger depot originally built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad here still stands.
Murphysboro: The passenger stations originally built by the IC, MoPac, and GM&O here still stand.
Naperville: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Nashville: The passenger depot originally built by the L&N here still stands, vacant.
New Windsor: The passenger station originally built by the CB&Q Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Normal: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the IC here still stand.
Northwood Park: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Oakford: The passenger depot originally built by the C&IM here still stands.
Oakland: The passenger depot originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad here still stands.
Olmstead: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands, used as a museum.
Oregon: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, vacant.
Ottawa: Two passenger depots originally built by the CB&Q here still stand.
Owaneco: The passenger depot originally built by the B&O here still stands, moved to Taylorsville and used as a museum.
Palatine: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, one used as a Metra stop.
Pana: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands.
Paris: The interurban depot originally built by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company here still stands, used as a business.
Park Ridge: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand, used as a Metra stops.
Paxton: The freight depot originally built by the Lake Erie & Western Railway here still stands, used as a museum.
Pawnee: The passenger station originally built by the C&IM here still stands.
Pekin: The passenger depots originally built by the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railroad, C&IM and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad here all still stand.
Peoria: The passenger depots originally built by the Rock Island and IT still stand, along with a CRI&P freight depot.
Peotone: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.
Peru: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a business.
Pesotum: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Pingree Grove: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands.
Plainfield: The passenger depot originally built by the EJ&E here still stands.
Plano: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a municipal building. Also, a second CB&Q passenger depot here was moved to Yorkville.
Pontiac: The passenger depot originally built by the C&A here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.
Powerton: The passenger depot originally built by the C&IM here still stands.
Princeton: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop.
Olney: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, vacant. Also, the B&O's freight depot remains, used as a business.
Quincy: The freight depots originally built by the CB&Q and Wabash here still stand.
Rantoul: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands.
Ravinia: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Ridgeley Junction: The interurban station originally built by the IT here still stands, vacant.
River Forest: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Riverside: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Roanoke: The passenger depot originally built by the Santa Fe here still stands, used as a museum.
Robinson: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands, used as a business.
Rochelle: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands.
Rock City: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business.
Rockford: The passenger depots originally built by the IC and C&NW here still stand.
Rock Island: The passenger station originally built by the Rock Island here still stands.
Roselle: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Rossville: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, used as a museum.
Round Lake: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Salem: The passenger depots originally built by the B&O and C&EI here still stand.
Sandwich: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
Seneca: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, vacant.
Shabbona: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
Shattuc: The passenger depot originally built by the B&O here still stands.
Sheffield: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, vacant.
Shirley: The passenger depot originally built by the Chicago & Alton Railroad here still stands, moved to Funks Grove.
Solon Mills: The passenger depot originally built by the Milwaukee Road here still stands, used as a business and moved to Richmond.
South Chicago: The passenger depot originally built by the B&OCT/Rock Island here still stands. Also, three former IC passenger stations here still stand, used as Metra stops.
South Shore: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Sparta: The passenger depot originally built by the C&A here still stands, used as a business.
Springfield: The passenger stations originally built by the C&IM, Great Western Railway, and Illinois Terminal (two) all still stand. Also, Springfield Union Station remains, used as a museum and library.
St. Augustine: The passenger station originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, privately owned.
Steger: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands.
Sterling: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as the local chamber of commerce.
Steward: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
Stockland: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, privately owned.
Stonefort: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands.
Streator: The passenger depot originally built by the Santa Fe here still stands.
Stronghurst: The passenger depot originally built by the Santa Fe here still stands.
Sumner: The freight depot originally built by the B&O here still stands.
Sycamore: The passenger depot originally built by the CGW here still stands, privately owned. Also, the passenger depot built by the Sycamore, Cortland & Chicago Railroad still stands.
Symerton: The passenger depot originally built by the Wasbash here still stands, moved to Lockport and used as a museum.
Tamms: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, used as a municipal building.
Taylorsville: The passenger depots originally built by the C&IM and Wabash here still stand.
Thomasboro: The substation here built by Illinois Traction still stands.
Thomson: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, home of the Thomson Depot Museum.
Tinley Park: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Tiskilwa: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, privately owned.
Toledo: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a business.
Tremont: The passenger depot originally built by the Peoria & Eastern Railway here still stands, privately owned.
Ullin: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, vacant.
Union: The passenger depot originally built by the IT here still stands.
Urbana: The passenger depot originally built by the CCC&StL here still stands, used as a business.
Vandalia: The passenger depot originally built by the PRR/IC here still stands, used as a business.
Vermilion: The interurban depot originally built by the THI&E here still stands.
Victora: The passenger station originally built by the Galesburg & Great Eastern Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Villa Park: The passenger depots originally built by the C&NW and CGW here still stand, the former used as a Metra stop.
Viola: The passenger station originally built by the CB&Q Railroad here still stands, privately owned.
Virginia: The passenger depot originally built by the B&O here still stands, used as a business. Also, the former Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad freight station remains, privately owned.
Wapella: The interurban depot originally built by the IT here still stands, vacant.
Wasco: The passenger depot originally built by the CGW here still stands, used as a municipal building.
Washington Heights: The passenger depot originally built by the Rock Island here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Waterloo: The passenger depot originally built by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Watseka: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, used as a museum.
Wauconda: The passenger depot originally built by the Palatine, Wauconda & Lake Zurich Railroad here still stands, privately owned.
West Chicago: The passenger stations originally built by the C&NW (two) and CB&Q here still stand.
West Frankfort: The passenger and freight depots originally built by the C&EI here still stand.
Western Springs: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Westville: The passenger depot originally built by the C&EI here still stands, used as a museum.
Wheaton: Two passenger depots originally built by the C&NW here still stand.
White Heath: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, vacant.
Whitton: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, vacant.
Wilmette: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Wilmington: The passenger depot originally built by the C&A here still stands.
Winchester: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
Windsor Park: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Winnetka: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Winthrop Harbor: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Woodbine: The passenger depot originally built by the CGW here still stands, privately owned.
Woodstock: The passenger depot originally built by the C&NW here still stands, used as a Metra stop.
Wyoming: The passenger depot originally built by the CB&Q here still stands.
Yales City: The passenger station originally built by the CB&Q here still stands, used as a museum.
Ziegler: The passenger depot originally built by the IC here still stands, used as a municipal building.
Thanks to Richard Schneider and A.B. Mifflin for help with the information on this page.
For more reading about railroad stations you might want to consider a copy of America's Railroad Stations from author Brian Solomon. While the book is just a very general overview of some of the great stations that once stood in this country it is quite good with lots of historical photographs, including that of Grand Central Terminal and the late Pennsylvania Station (it also gives a history of the thousands of small depots that existed in most communities). All in all if you’re interested in stations and depots you’re sure to enjoy Mr. Solomon’s book on the subject.
One other book of interest is Kevin Holland's Classic American Railroad Terminals. While Mr. Solomon's book looks at depots and stations, large and small, found across the country Holland's work looks only at America's most famous and best remembered terminals. If you're interested in perhaps purchasing either (or both) of these books please visit the links below which will take you to ordering information through Amazon.com, the trusted online shopping network.