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97 Skokie

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Service description: See schedule for full details.

First bus/last bus

Spans of service below show when first bus departs terminal of origin through last bus departs terminal of origin. First and last buses reach mid-route stops later than these times-see schedule or use trip planner for specific times when service works for you.

Dempster-Skokie (accessible) (Yellow) east to Howard (accessible) (Red, Purple, Yellow)
4:55a-10:35p weekdays, 7:00a-10:30p Saturday, 7:00a-10:30p Sunday
Howard (accessible) (Red, Purple, Yellow) west to Dempster-Skokie (accessible) (Yellow)
5:15a-10:45p weekdays, 6:30a-10:30p Saturday, 6:35a-10:35p Sunday
Old Orchard Mall east to Howard (accessible)
6:25a-10:30p weekdays, 7:10a-8:30p Saturday, 7:20a-8:50p Sunday
Howard (accessible) west to Old Orchard Mall
5:55a-10:45p weekdays, 6:30a-7:40p Saturday, 6:35a-8:05p Sunday

(Precise hours of service may vary depending on where along the route you are.)

Service alerts

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New Schedules in Effect
Service Change

Beginning Sunday, March 24, updated schedules will go into effect on some CTA bus routes. See latest schedules at transitchicago.com.

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Holiday schedules

Note that Sunday schedules apply on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas (and/or on their dates of observance).

System status snapshot
‘L’ route status
Red Line
Normal Service
Blue Line
Planned Work
Brown Line
Normal Service
Green Line
Normal Service
Orange Line
Normal Service
Pink Line
Normal Service
Purple Line
Normal Service
Yellow Line
Normal Service
All ‘L’ alerts: Current or Upcoming
Bus routes w/alerts
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X4
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192
All bus alerts: Current or Upcoming
Elevator alerts
Blue Line
Harlem (OH), Jackson, Jackson, Western (OH)
Green Line
Kedzie
All elevator alerts: Current or Upcoming
See also: complete system status