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Orange Line ('L')

The Orange Line provides rapid transit train service between Midway Airport and downtown (Loop), and provides service to Chicago's Southwest Side.

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

Hours of operation:

	Weekdays	Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Between Midway and Downtown
Midway to Loop 'L'	4:00a-1:00a	4:30a-1:00a	4:30a-1:00a
Loop 'L' to Midway	4:20a-1:25a	4:50a-1:25a	4:55a-1:25a

Timetables

Customer Alerts

Orange Line

Current Alerts
#N5 South Shore Night Bus #8A South Halsted #24 Wentworth #39 Pershing #43 43rd #44 Wallace-Racine #48 South Damen #51 51st #59 59th/61st #71 71st/South Shore #95E 93rd-95th #169 69th-UPS Express Red Line Purple Line Blue Line Pink Line Green Line Brown Line Orange Line Purple Line Express	New Schedules in Effect Special Note Sun, May 19 2013 to TBD

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Route map

with stations and station timetables

This map represents order of stations along route, not geography.


	Midway	CTA Buses #54B, #55, #55A, #55N, #59, #62H, #63, #165, also #N47 and #N62 (overnight only) Pace Buses #379, #382, #383, #384, #385, #386, #390 (UPS), #831	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Pulaski	Buses #53A, #62	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Kedzie	Buses #47, #51, #52, #52A	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Western	Buses #48, #49, #94	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	35th/Archer	Buses #35, #39, #50, #62	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Ashland	Buses #9, #168	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Halsted	Buses #8, #44, #62	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Roosevelt	Buses #12, #18 and #146 on Roosevelt, also, #29 and #62 on State, and #1, #3 and #4 on Michigan Metra ME and NICTD/South Shore trains (at Roosevelt Rd station, three blocks east in Grant Park)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
...Orange Line trains then continue to and make all stops, clockwise around the Loop, as follows:
	Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren	Buses #2, #6, #10, #22, #24, #29, #36, #62, #146, #147, #148	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	LaSalle/Van Buren	Metra RI trains (at Chicago-LaSalle St. Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Quincy	Bus #37 (also, westbound on Adams or Eastbound on Jackson, #1, #7, #28, #126, #130, #151, and #156) Metra BNSF, HC, SWS, MD-N, MD-W, NCS, and all Amtrak trains (at Chicago-Union Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Washington/Wells	Buses #37, #14, #20, #56, #60, #124, #157 Metra UP-N, UP-NW, and UP-W (at Ogilvie Transportation Center, three blocks west on Madison)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Clark/Lake	Buses #22, #24, #134, #135, #136, #156 (also, #124 eastbound on Wacker)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	State/Lake	Buses #29, #36, #146, #148	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Randolph/Wabash	Buses #147, #151 (northbound) on Washington, #146 and #148 on Lake Metra Electric District and NICTD South Shore Line service (at Chicago-Millennium Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Madison/Wabash	Buses #J14, #20, #56, #60, #124, #157	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Adams/Wabash	Buses #1, #7, #28, #126, #151 (westbound)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
...after leaving Adams/Wabash, trains then exit Loop and make all stops from Roosevelt back to Midway.

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Trains:

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

Buses:

Routes with Current Alerts (View All):

2	4	N5	8A	22	26
30	35	36	39	43	44
48	51	59	70	71	78
79	94	111	156	157	169

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