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Blue Line ('L')

The CTA Blue Line provides 24-hour rapid transit train service between Chicago-O'Hare International Airport and the Forest Park terminal, via downtown Chicago.

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Hours of Operation
- Timetables
Customer Alerts for this route
Route Diagram and Guide (with stations & station timetables)

Hours of operation

	Weekdays	Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Between O'Hare and Forest Park (via downtown subway)
O'Hare to Forest Park	Service at all times, every day
Forest Park to O'Hare	Service at all times, every day

Timetables

Customer Alerts

Blue Line

Current Alerts
All Train Routes	New Schedules in Effect Special Note Sun, Apr 2 2017 to TBD

Illinois Medical District Blue Line	Illinois Medical District Station Damen Entrance Temporary Closure Special Note Mon, Feb 6 2017 - 9:00 AM to TBD

Upcoming Alerts
Blue Line	Boarding Change, Delays Between LaSalle and Grand Planned Work Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?) Sat, Apr 8 2017 - 11:00 PM to Sun, Apr 9 2017 - 4:00 AM

Blue Line	Boarding Change, Delays Between California and Belmont Planned Work Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?) Sun, Apr 9 2017 - 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Blue Line	Boarding Change, Delays Between Logan Square and Irving Park Planned Work Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?) Mon, Apr 10 2017 - 11:30 PM to Tue, Apr 11 2017 - 4:00 AM

Blue Line	Boarding Change, Delays Between California and Belmont Planned Work Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?) Tue, Apr 11 2017 - 11:30 PM to Wed, Apr 12 2017 - 4:00 AM

Blue Line	Boarding Change, Delays Between Damen and Clark/Lake Planned Work Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?) Wed, Apr 12 2017 - 11:30 PM to Thu, Apr 13 2017 - 4:00 AM

Blue Line	Boarding Change, Delays Between Damen and Clark/Lake Planned Work Affects Train Tracker prediction availability (What's this?) Thu, Apr 13 2017 - 11:30 PM to Fri, Apr 14 2017 - 4:00 AM

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Route Diagram and Guide

with stations and station timetables

This diagram represents the order of stations along the route (not geography).


O'Hare Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD)	O'Hare Airport Transit System (ATS) via Terminal 2 station	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Rosemont	Pace Buses #221, #222, #223, #230, #303, #326, #332, #600, #603, #605, #606, #610, #616, #811, #895	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Cumberland	CTA Buses #81W Pace Buses #240, #241, #290, #331	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Harlem	CTA Buses #88, #90 Pace Buses #209, #423	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Jefferson Park	CTA Buses #56, #68, #81, #81W, #85, #85A, #88, #91, #92 Pace Buses #225, #226, #270 Metra UP-NW	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Montrose	CTA Bus #78 Metra MD-N (Mayfair Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Irving Park	CTA Buses #53, #54A, #80 and #X98 Metra UP-NW (Irving Park Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Addison	CTA Bus #152	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Belmont	CTA Buses #77, #82	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Logan Square	CTA Buses #56, #76	Station Timetable (.pdf)
California	CTA Buses #52, #56	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Western	CTA Buses #49, #56, #73	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Damen	CTA Buses #50, #56, #72	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Division	CTA Buses #9, #56, #70	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Chicago	CTA Buses #56, #66	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Grand	CTA Buses #8, #56, #65, #132	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Clark/Lake	CTA Buses #22, #24, #134, #135, #136, #156 (also, eastbound #124 on Wacker)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Washington	CTA Buses #20, #22, #29, #36, #56, #60, #124, #157 Metra ME and NICTD/South Shore Line trains (at Chicago-Millennium Station, 3 blocks east + 1 block north)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Monroe	CTA Buses #14, and northbound #22, #36 and #62 on Dearborn, and northbound #151 on State	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Jackson	CTA Buses #1, #2, #6, #7, #10, #22, #24, #28, #29, #36, #62, #126, #130, #151 (westbound).	Station Timetable (.pdf)
LaSalle	Metra RI trains (at Chicago-LaSalle St. Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Clinton	CTA Buses #7, #60 (westbound), #157 Metra BNSF, HC, SWS, MD-N, MD-W, NCS, and all Amtrak trains (at Chicago-Union Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
UIC-Halsted	CTA Buses #7, #8, #60	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Racine	CTA Buses #7, #60	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Illinois Medical District	CTA Buses #7, #50, #126	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Western	CTA Buses #7, #49	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Kedzie-Homan	CTA Buses #7, #52, #82	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Pulaski	CTA Buses #7, #53	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Cicero	CTA Buses #54, #57	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Austin	CTA Bus #91 Pace Buses #315	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Oak Park	Pace Bus #311	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Harlem	Pace Bus #307	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Forest Park	Pace Buses #301, #303, #305, #308, #310, #317, #318, #320, #327, #757	Station Timetable (.pdf)

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System Status

Systemwide:

New Schedules in Effect (All Train Routes)

New Schedules in Effect (All Bus Routes)

Trains:

Red Line	Service Change
Blue Line	Normal Service
Brown Line	Normal Service
Green Line	Normal Service
Orange Line	Normal Service
Purple Line	Normal Service
Pink Line	Normal Service
Yellow Line	Normal Service

Buses:

Routes with Current Alerts (View All):

1	2	3	4	N5	6
12	22	28	36	37	49
X49	50	52	65	70	71
75	76	78	82	111A	115
126	157	192

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