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  NAVY PIER IMAX THEATRE - Directions
We highly recommend utilizing public transportation during the summer, Winter Wonderfest and Flower and Garden Show.
During weekday rush hours, the #120 (Northwestern/Wacker Express), serving the Ogilvie Transportation Center, and #121 (Union/Wacker Express), serve Navy Pier and their respective METRA train terminals.
Running every 15 minutes from Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center, busses operate from 9 a.m.
www.imax.com /chicago/theatreinformation/directions.htm   (484 words)

  
  Ogilvie Transportation Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ogilvie Transportation Center (formally, the Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center) is a Chicago, Illinois train station which was built in 1911.
Formerly known as North Western Station for its former owner, the Chicago and North Western Railway, the station was re-named in 1997 for Richard Buell Ogilvie (former governor of Illinois, former board member of the Milwaukee Road and lifelong railroad proponent), two years after the CandNW ceased to exist.
Ogilvie Transportation Center now occupies two square blocks of downtown Chicago, bounded by Randolph Street, Canal Street, Madison Street and Clinton Street.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center   (256 words)

  
 Railroad terminals of Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the heyday of rail in the first half of the twentieth century Chicago reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train stations.
Northwestern Station has been replaced with a newer station and renamed Ogilvie Transportation Center, and LaSalle Street Station has also been replaced with a newer facility.
Union Station, Ogilvie, LaSalle Street, and the Randolph Street Station are all currently in use as commuter terminals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_stations_of_Chicago   (171 words)

  
 DBA Citation of Merit - Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center
DBA Citation of Merit - Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center
The $86-million renovation of this passenger terminal required 4-1/2 years of construction to maintain operations for 45,000 daily commuters.
They also lauded the increased space and light provided on the platform level, where the original canopy was replaced with a lightweight structure that eliminated 50 percent of the columns.
www.aiachicago.org /special_features/1998_Design_Awards/DBA/winners/12.html   (109 words)

  
 Ogilvie Transportation Center Definition / Ogilvie Transportation Center Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ogilvie Transportation Center (formally, the Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center) is a Chicago, Illinois train stationA train station (American English), or railway station (British English), is a point of call for trains, allowing the loading or unloading of goods, or allowing passengers to board and alight.
Formerly known as North Western Station for its former owner, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, the station was re-named for Richard Buell OgilvieRichard Buell Ogilvie (1923–1988) was an American political figure.
Ogilvie Transportation Center is the Metra Station for the north shore suburbs of Chicago.
www.elresearch.com /Ogilvie_Transportation_Center   (483 words)

  
 OGILVIE
Out of the total people living in poverty, 20.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.7% are 65 or older.
Ogilvie's syndrom (Ogilvie syndrome), Ogilvie's klassifikation (Ogilvie classification).
σύνδρομο του Ogilvie (Ogilvie syndrome), ταξινόμησις του Ogilvie (Ogilvie classification).
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/OG/OGILVIE.html   (859 words)

  
 Cozen O'Connor: Offices: Chicago
We are close to the two principal commuter train stations — Ogilvie Transportation Center and Union Station which also services Amtrak.
Ogilvie Transportation Center is serviced by the Union Pacific North Line, Northwest Line and West Line.
From Ogilvie Transportation Center, which is located at Madison and Canal Streets, just walk two blocks south on Canal Street.
www.cozen.com /office_detail.asp?d=1&m=9&ofid=26   (748 words)

  
 Railway Track and Structures: Solving problems with new approaches: two major Chicago projects that include replacing ...
To ensure the safety of its passengers and continued efficient operation of its trains, Metra is replacing the approaches to both stations, with some work at Ogilvie going on literally on top of work on the CUS approaches.
OTC was completed as North Western Station in 1911, while CUS dates to about 1920.
In Ogilvie, there are always two ways to get a train to a platform, so all the platforms will always be in service.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BFW/is_7_98/ai_89808022   (1676 words)

  
 The Ultimate Ogilvie Transportation Center - American History Information Guide and Reference
Ogilvie Transportation Center (formally, the Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center) is a Chicago, Illinois train station which was in built 1911, during the time when Chicago reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States.
Formerly known as North Western Station for its former owner, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, the station was re-named for Richard Buell Ogilvie (former governor of Illinois, former board member of the Milwaukee Road and lifelong railroad proponent), in 1997 (two years after the CandNW ceased to exist).
North Western station was dramatically modified in 1984, when the Renaissance Revival -style headhouse was razed and replaced with the glass-and-steel 42-story Citicorp Center, which was completed in 1987.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center   (206 words)

  
 The Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College - Wheaton, IL
The Wade Center is located at 351 Lincoln Avenue, on the corner of Lincoln and Washington streets.
Parking is available across the street from the Wade Center in the parking lot north of Edman Chapel.
The Stupe and Stupe Grill are located on the lower level of the Beamer Center, and serve pizza, ice cream, sandwiches, bagels, yogurt, coffee, baked goods, and snacks.
www.wheaton.edu /wadecenter/welcome/visitor_info.html   (773 words)

  
 Worldandnation: Pilot escapes Navy jet fire
The pilot, whose identity was not released, was listed in good condition at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, airport spokeswoman Teresa Damiano said.
The plane was assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 15 and based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., said Mike Moss, a spokesman for the Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet.
The two Metra trains bumped when a locomotive with no cars attached backed into the path of the commuter train at a switching point at the Ogilvie Transportation Center, one of the city's main train stations.
www.sptimes.com /2004/03/27/news_pf/Worldandnation/Pilot_escapes_Navy_je.shtml   (350 words)

  
 Chicago Auto Show - Frequently Asked Questions - 2007 - FAQ
Stops are made on Canal at both Madison and Washington for the Ogilvie Transportation Center before the buses make regular stops east on Washington, south on Michigan and east on Balbo to Columbus.
I would rather rely on transportation to & from the show, than to get there & find my hotel is in a less desirable location.
But if you have no transportation to the hotels about three miles north of McCormick Place, then it makes sense to select the Hyatt-McCormick Place, which adjoins the convention center.
www.chicagoautoshow.com /faq/index.asp?CATEGORY_ID=16   (1210 words)

  
 ConferenceCenter.doc
Available to both MCHC members and the public, the Conference Center is located at the Council's headquarters, on the 19th floor at 222 S. Riverside Plaza.
Adjacent to Union Station, the Conference Center is also within blocks of commuter trains arriving at Ogilvie Transportation Center and LaSalle Street Station, as well as CTA buses and elevated trains.
The center's West Loop location (at the southeast corner of Adams at Canal) is easily accessible by major expressways, and affordable parking is readily available.
www.mchc.org /public/DepartmentsServices/ConferenceCenter.htm   (515 words)

  
 Metramarket 2006 (B12 Solipsism)
Starting next year, Metra commuters who pass through Ogilvie Transportation Center will be able to buy everything from fresh baked goods to produce at a French-style market that is one of two anchor tenants in the long-awaited MetraMarket project.
Operating under the name French Market of Chicago, Bensidoun USA Inc., an international operator of fresh-food marketplaces, has been selected to open the 15,000-square-foot market in the northern end of Ogilvie Transportation Center, said the firm's executive vice president, Sebastien Bensidoun.
Under the plan, two blocks beneath Ogilvie's elevated train tracks would become 43,000 square feet of restaurants, 70,000 square feet of retailing and ground-level parking.
www.b12partners.net /mt/archives/2006/05/metramarket_2006.html   (370 words)

  
 Chicago 'L' - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While many believe that the city's center earned the name "Loop" from this very conspicuous section of the "L", the term actually predates the "L" and refers to a now-retired circular routing of streetcars through downtown.
Chicago Union Station, terminal for all Amtrak and many Metra trains, is closest to the "L"'s Clinton (Blue Line) and Quincy (Loop Brown, Orange, and Purple Line) stations.
Chicago Ogilvie Transportation Center (formerly Northwestern Station), terminal for many Metra trains, is closest to the "L"'s Clinton (Green Line) and Washington (Loop Brown, Orange and Purple Line) stations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_El   (1298 words)

  
 Lake Forest College > Travel Direction to Campus
Transportation from O’Hare to Lake Forest College is approximately $35; from Midway it is approximately $80.
The Ogilvie Transportation Center is located three long blocks north of Union Station at 500 West Madison Street, at the intersection of Madison and Canal Streets.
Call the Regional Transportation Hotline at 312-836-7000 for schedule information or visit METRA online at www.metrarail.com.
www.lakeforest.edu /about/community/driving.asp   (488 words)

  
 Area Motels
There is no transportation between motels and the college.
To continue to Wheaton, transfer to the Metra line at the Richard Ogilvie Transportation Center (formerly Chicago and Northwestern Station), located at Madison and Canal Streets, about 1 ½ blocks away.
Greyhound and Trailways bus depots are located about 1 block apart and approximately 8 blocks from the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
www.writetopublish.com /info/directions.htm   (355 words)

  
 KATV Channel 7 - Search Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 metramishap03262004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Nearly two dozen people suffered minor injuries Friday morning when an incoming Metra train struck another Metra train inside the Ogilvie Transportation Center, at 500 W. Madison, in the west Loop.
20 people were transported by ambulance from the scene, most of them with minor injuires.
One train was pulling out of the Ogilvie Transportation Center, headed for Crystal Lake, when another locomotive with no cars on it backed into it at a switching point.
www.railnews1.com /metramishap03262004.html   (612 words)

  
 JOHN HANCOCK CENTER, Chicago, Illinois - Transportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Abundant parking at JOHN HANCOCK CENTER and in the neighborhood, close proximity to Lake Shore Drive and convenient feeder ramps to the Kennedy and Dan Ryan expressways make for excellent vehicular access.
Metra rail commuters arriving at Ogilvie Transportation Center and Chicago Union Station are served by the CTA #125 Water Tower Express Shuttle.
The full-service parking garage at JOHN HANCOCK CENTER is located on floors 4-12 of the building with the garage ramp entrances off of Chestnut and Delaware Streets.
www.johnhancockcenterchicago.com /transportation.shtml   (302 words)

  
 Metra Kills!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
and was en route to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago when the accident occurred, Renteria said.
The body was transported to Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
It arrived at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in the Loop shortly after 10:20 a.m.
www.angelfire.com /il2/kderegis97/metra.html   (4511 words)

  
 City's big idea: 2nd transit loop
City Hall is mapping plans for a "massive upgrade" of the downtown public transportation system, one that would add a new subway line, underground busways and other improvements to serve hundreds of thousands of new jobs expected to be added in the Loop in the next two decades.
The new loop would be formed by building a mile-long subway under Clinton Street, connecting to the existing Blue Line subway at two points: near Milwaukee Avenue, where it comes in from the Northwest Side, and where it heads west along the Eisenhower Expressway.
Open a high-tech traffic management center from which engineers could controls all downtown stop lights using a network of computer street sensors and video cameras.
www.chicago-l.org /articles/ClintonSubway.html   (938 words)

  
 Navy Pier - Getting Here - Public Transportation
Public transportation offers visitors an affordable and convenient way to get to Navy Pier.
It is also the recommended means of travel to and from Navy Pier.
The Illinois-Grand Corridor Transportation Management Association (TMA) offers daily free trolley service between Navy Pier and State Street along Grand Avenue and Illinois Street.
www.navypier.com /events/event_serv/gett_here/pub_trans2.html   (413 words)

  
 metra transportation chicago
Chicago transportation, cta buses, metra trains, pace bus, elevated l train, taxi cabs.
Metra Trains leave for Lake Forest almost hourly from the Ogilvie Transportation Center at Madison Street and Canal Street in Chicago.
The Metropolitan Rail is a division of the Regional Transportation Authority.
dark-media.org /metra-transportation-chicago.html   (431 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
To get there by train take the CTA orange line to the Washington Stop, Walk to the Ogvile Transportation center and Take the Metra train to Waukegan.
It's absolutely safe to travel -- even pleasant -- providing you are walking to the Ogilvie Transportation Center during the day or taking a cab there at night, but walking around Waukegan isn't always safe.
The Metra Union Pacific District North Line runs from the Ogilvie Transportation Center to Waukegan.
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=1&tid=34518269&numresponses=3&start=0   (543 words)

  
 Windy City RailFest 2003: Part A4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
That name was short-lived, as METRA again renamed it as the Richard B. Oglivie Transportation Center, in honor of the late Illinois Governor who founded the Regional Transportation Authority.
The center island platform, where we will stop, is shared by outbound trains on the North Line, and inbound local trains on the Northwest Line.
The island platform on the left side is for outbound local UP-Northwest trains that run on the far left track, and express trains on that line which run in both directions with the flow of the rush hour.
pages.prodigy.net /kevinkorell/chicagofest/parta4.htm   (1117 words)

  
 Visitors - Transportation
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) manages the 3 public transit operations in northeastern Illinois: The Chicago Transit (CTA), Metra commuter rail and Pace suburban bus.
From the Ogilvie Transportation Center (previously Northwestern Train Station): From the Washington Street exit, take any bus to Michigan Avenue, obtain a transfer to either the #3 King Drive or #4 Cottage Grove bus, which will take you to McCormick Place.
This program covers hotels, restaurants and other attractions within these downtown boundaries: Roosevelt Road on the south, North Avenue on the north, Halsted Street on the west and Lake Michigan on the east.
www.mccormickplace.com /visitors/transp.html   (441 words)

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