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

This page contains

Hours of Operation
- Route Timetable
Customer Alerts for this route
Route Map (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

Route timetable

Blue Line Route-wide Timetable ( PDF Document pdf)

For station-specific timetables, see the Route Map below.

Customer Alerts

Blue Line

Current Alerts
Monroe Blue Line	Monroe Station (Madison-Monroe Entrance) South Platform-to-Mezzanine Escalator Out of Service Special Note Mon, Oct 12 2009 - 10:00 PM to TBD

Blue Line	Normal Blue Line Service Normal Service* Fri, Nov 20 2009 to Sun, Nov 22 2009

Upcoming Alerts
Blue Line	Normal Blue Line Subway Service Normal Service* Fri, Nov 27 2009 to Sun, Nov 29 2009

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Route map

with stations and station timetables

This map represents order of stations along 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, #223, #230, #284, #325, #326, #332, #606, #610, #616, #637	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Cumberland	CTA Buses #69, #81W Pace Buses #240, #241, #290, #331	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Harlem	CTA Buses #64, #88, #90, #90N Pace Buses #209, #423	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Jefferson Park	CTA Buses #X54, #56, #56A, #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, #X80 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, #X49, #56, #73	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Damen	CTA Buses #50, #56, #72	Station Timetable (.pdf)
Division	CTA Buses #9, #X9, #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, #X20, #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, #X28, #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, #38, #60 (westbound) 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, #168	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, #X49	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, #X54, #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	CTA Bus #17 Pace Buses #301, #303, #305, #308, #310, #317, #318, #320, #747, #757, #767	Station Timetable (.pdf)

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System Status

Trains:

Red Line	Normal Service
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

Bus:

Routes with Current Alerts (click to view all)

1	2	6	7	10	11
22	24	28	X28	29	36
62	66	93	94	96	126
129	130	132	145	151	156

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