Millennium Station — Local services in Chicago

Millennium Station will always have a special place in my heart! Being that it services the Metra Electric line and the South Shore line, it has a different setup from all the other stations. It also has two separate ticket offices and two separate terminals: One for Metra, one for South Shore. As far as amenities go, they've got a Burger King, a Subway, a Starbucks, a bar, and a popcorn shop! They've also got the best location, right underneath Michigan Avenue, with convenient access to the Washington/ Wabash L station, several bus routes at Michigan and Randolph, Millennium Park, and the Magnificent Mile. Unlike the other stations, you don't find out which track your train leaves on until 10 minutes prior to departure. Also, know that some trains go to different destinations, as they have three branches (University Park, South Chicago, and Blue Island). Many stops on the south side of Chicago are flag stops, meaning that the train will only stop if you notify the conductor. All trains make the Hyde Park stops: 51st/ 53rd and 55th/56th/57th, and all Blue Island and main line (University Park) trains make the 115th/...

Just about every time I am at Millennium Station, it's because I'm (finally) getting off the South Shore train after a seemingly never-ending trip from South Bend, IN. If you've ever been to South Bend, IN, I have no doubt that you'd agree that Millennium Station would be the equivalent of a lush and beautiful oasis of the heavens to the desert traveler who had been wandering for weeks in the desert while starving and being picked at by vultures attempting to rip the flesh off your bones. It's amazing and saddening all at once that the amenities available in this train station's tiny square footage (banks, Starbucks, clean restrooms just to name a few) easily outnumber the entire city of South Bend, IN. Exiting right onto Michigan Avenue and all of Chicago's glory, and the fact that it was featured in "The Dark Knight" movie are two of many other amenities that I brag about to the illiterate gangster wannabe's and slumlords back in Indiana. This place is a literal breath of fresh air to me, and I find myself often counting the minutes until my next return to this little slice...

On Thursday June 19th I was getting a ticket to get on the 7:15 train at millennium station. It was EXACTLY 7:15 when the train on track 11 slammed the door in the faces of parents with a handicap boy in a wheelchair saying it would take too long to load him. They didn't give anyone any time to get on the train and then rushed it when they saw the wheelchair but to tell parents with several kids and a wheelchair on top of that it would take too long is completely unacceptable. Foul actually. This is actually horrendous for your employees to treat ppl and kids like that and I really hope you figure this out because I will be researching further on how this situation can be...