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Vending Machine Locations

Fare Vending Machine Locations

You can buy farecards and add value to them at hundreds of vending machines located at CTA 'L' stations and a number of other places around town.

 

Transit Card Vending Machines cash

These machines accept cash and coin and vend new Transit Cards or can add value to a Transit Card or Chicago Card you already have.

  • At all CTA 'L' stations (CTA train stations)
     
  • Metropolitan and national rail terminals in Chicago:
    • Chicago-Union Station (Metra BNSF, Heritage Corridor, Southwest Service and Milwaukee District lines, and all Amtrak service—vending machine located in Metra ticket area)
    • LaSalle Street Station (Metra Rock Island District terminal)
    • Millennium Station (Metra Electric lines & NICTD South Shore Line terminal)
    • Ogilvie Transportation Center (Metra Union Pacific lines terminal)
    • Van Buren Station (Metra Electric lines & NICTD South Shore Line station)
       
  • CTA Headquarters: 567 W Lake St, 2nd Floor Sales Center (Chicago)
     
  • Currency Exchange: 79th/Jeffery, (Chicago)
  • Jewel Food Stores: 3400 N. Western Ave., (Chicago)
  • Dominick's #1130: 2101 E. 71st St., (Chicago)
  • The Museum of Science and Industry (inside main entrance area off of Museum Drive)
  • Navy Pier
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital:
    • Feinberg Pavillion, 251 E. Huron, 2nd Fl.
    • Prentice Women's Hospital, 250 E Superior, 2nd Fl.

 

Express Vending Machines credit cards

Buy new Transit Cards or add value to Transit Card or Chicago Card at these machines, all located at 'L' stations, using any major credit card. (The following list is sorted alphabetically, by station name.)

 

Express Vending Machines are located in the following 'L' stations:

Station Served by Notes
54th/Cermak Pink Line
 
 
95th/Dan Ryan Red Line
 
 
Adams/Wabash Brown, Green, Orange, Purple and Pink Lines
 
 
Addison Brown Line
 
At Addison/Ravenswood entrance
Addison Red Line
 
Station nearest Wrigley Field
Armitage Brown and Purple Lines
 
 
Ashland Green and Pink Lines At Ashland/Lake
Belmont Blue Line  
Belmont Red, Brown and Purple Lines
 
Near Belmont/Sheffield; at main entrance on south side of street
Bryn Mawr Red Line  
California Blue Line  
Cermak-Chinatown Red Line
 
 
Chicago Brown and Purple Lines
 
At Chicago/Franklin (machine located at entry for Kimball- and Linden-bound service)
Chicago Red Line
 
At Chicago/State
Clark/Division Red Line
 
 
Clark/Lake Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Purple and Pink Lines
 
At James R. Thompson Center entrance and 203 N LaSalle entrance
Clinton Green and Pink Lines  
Cumberland Blue Line
 
 
Damen Blue Line  
Damen Brown Line
 
 
Davis Purple Line
 
 
Dempster-Skokie Yellow Line  
Diversey Brown and Purple Lines
 
 
Division Blue Line  
Fullerton RedBrown and Purple Lines Near Fullerton/Sheffield; at main entrance on south side of street
Forest Park
Blue Line
 
 
Grand Red Line
 
At Grand/State
Harlem/Lake Green Line
 
At Marion entrance, 1 block east of Harlem
Howard Red, Purple and Yellow Lines
 
At Paulina (Bus Terminal) entrance, south of Howard St—Upper level
Irving Park Brown Line
 
 
Jackson Blue Line
 
At Adams-Jackson mid-block entrance (Federal Plaza) on Dearborn
Jackson Red Line
 
At both Adams-Jackson and Jackson-Van Buren mid-block entrances on State
Jefferson Park Blue Line
 
 
Kimball Brown Line
 
 
Lake Red Line
At both Lake-Randolph and Randolph-Washington mid-block mezzanine entrances on State
Linden Purple Line
 
 
Logan Square Blue Line
 
At Logan Square entrance
Loyola Red Line  
Merchandise Mart Brown and Purple Lines
 
 
Midway Orange Line
 
 
Monroe
Blue Line
 
At Madison-Monroe mid-block entrance on Dearborn
Monroe Red Line
 
At Madison-Monroe mid-block entrance on State
Montrose Brown Line
 
At Montrose/Ravenswood
North/Clybourn Red Line  
Oakton-Skokie Yellow Line At Oakton St. entrance
O'Hare
Blue Line
 
 
Paulina Brown Line
 
 
Pulaski Orange Line
 
At Pulaski/51st
Roosevelt Orange and Green Lines (with connection to Red Line)
 
At elevated station entrance btw. State and Wabash
Rosemont
Blue Line
 
 
Sedgwick Brown Line
 
 
Southport Brown Line
 
 
Sox-35th Red Line
 
Station nearest U.S. Cellular Field
Wellington Brown Line Station is near Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Western Blue Line (O'Hare Branch)  
Washington Blue Line At Randolph-Washington mid-block entrance on Dearborn
Washington/Wells Brown, Orange, Purple and Pink Lines
 
 


 

 

CTA Pass Machines cashcredit cards

Buy new unlimited ride cards from these machines. Pass machines stock 3-day and 7-day CTA and CTA/Pace passes only. Passes may be purchased using cash or credit cards.

CTA Pass Machines are located in the following 'L' stations:

Station Served by Notes
Adams/Wabash Brown, Green, Orange, Purple and Pink Lines  
Belmont Red, Brown and Purple Lines
 
At Belmont/Sheffield
Chicago Red Line At Chicago/State
Cumberland Blue Line  
Davis Purple Line  
Grand Red Line At Grand/State
Howard Red, Purple and Yellow Lines At Paulina (Bus Terminal) entrance, south of Howard St, upper level
Fullerton Red, Brown and Purple Lines  
Lake Red Line At both the Lake-Randolph and Randolph-Washington mid-block mezzanines under State St
Midway Orange Line  
Oakton-Skokie Yellow Line At Searle Pkwy./Skokie Blvd. entrance
O'Hare Blue Line In airport, lower level, between Airline Terminals 1 & 2
Roosevelt Red, Orange and Green Lines At street-level elevated station entrance, on Roosevelt west of Wabash
Rosemont Blue Line  
Skokie Yellow Line  

 

CTA Pass Machines are also available at these other locations around town:
  • Chicago Cultural Center (Randolph/Michigan, Chicago)
  • Chicago-Union Station (in Metra ticket area) 
  • J. Ira & Nicki Harris Family Hostel (Congress/Wabash, Chicago)
  • Water Tower Visitor Center (Chicago/Michigan, Chicago)

 

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