OK just a casual observation - - - - -
It is a zoo and then some at CUS. Until you have navigated and negotiated the maze a few times it would seem to be an impossible dream that someone would design this abomination.
Anyway so much for that diatribe - - -
Reference this Google LINK:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8788571,-87.640613,281m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
This map image is zooomable in & out - pan right & left - up & down
Union Station the Great Hall is in the center of the image (see little white bus on blue background).
There are 4 entrances to the Great Hall - only the Canal Street one is open while the Clinton Street closed (for renovation).
The Adams (north) and Jackson (south) entrances are signed to use the Canal street entrance -
although you can enter from Jackson street --- but beware the stairs to take you down to the Great Hall floor.
Not Handicap accessible at this point. Presume that the Adams*** entrance is the same as the Jackson.
*** Have not used the Adams - the Jackson entrance is the closest to the Blue Line from O'Hare airport.
The train station is the building to the right of the Great Hall - (East or River side)
You can enter from either side of Canal Street - the west side into the Great Hall - the east side down 2 levels to the station.
The first level below the street is the food and concession court.
The second level is the concourses to trains/tracks - waiting areas - Baggage Claim - Metropolitan Lounge and the Great Hall***
*** tunnel under Canal Street - * - it is complicated - * -
The station is accessible from the aforementioned Canal Street entry --- and from the opposite NE and SE corners through the food concession court.
Adams from the NE corner and Jackson from SE either of these would be used from walking from the Orange Line from Midway Airport --- about 2-3 blocks east crossing the Chicago river (hold on to your hats and gear Chicago isn't called "The Windy City" haphazzardly) !
From the food/concession court you would need to find the escalators to go down one more level to the station trains and tracks
I did not need an elevator - you will have ask*** where it is or take life and limb down the escalator or stairs.
*** a RED Cap will be able to help you with this !
I started this post with: It is a zoo and then some at CUS. Until you have navigated and negotiated the maze a few times it would seem to be an impossible dream that someone would design this abomination.
I still feel very strongly about this - maybe some of you will agree !