Chicago’s Union Station to get $93 million for upgrades

Union Station will receive a $93 million federal grant to to expand platforms and make them complaint with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as upgrade ventilation systems. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times (file))

Chicago Union Station will get $93 million in federal funding for upgrades, but the grant total is far less than what officials had sought and doesn’t address Amtrak’s wish list of track improvements outside the station.

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, who had pushed for the Chicago Hub Improvement Project funding, announced the grant Wednesday.