Weekend Service Changes
Updated 5:56pm, February 3, 2012
Feb 3 - 6
Rail Lines
BLUE LINE
Feb 3 - 4
10:30pm Fri to 6am Sat
Boarding Change, Delays Between Clark/Lake and Damen
How does this affect my trip?
Board/exit trains on the Forest Park-bound side of the platform at the Grand, Chicago, and Division stations.
Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Clark/Lake and Damen, resulting in minor delays.
Allow extra travel time.
Why is service being changed?
We are performing maintenance at the Grand, Chicago, and Division stations.
Feb 4 - 5
9pm Sat to 7am Sun
Boarding Change, Delays Between Damen and Clark/Lake
How does this affect my trip?
Board/exit trains on the O'Hare-bound side of the platform at the Division, Chicago, and Grand stations.
Trains will operate on the same track between Damen and Clark/Lake, resulting in minor delays.
Allow extra travel time.
Why is service being changed?
We are performing maintenance at the Division, Chicago, and Grand stations.
Bus Routes
The bus reroutes listed below are short-term reroutes during this weekend or long-term reroutes beginning this weekend. For a full list of bus reroutes currently in place, please visit the Bus Alerts page.
Temporary Reroutes
#3 King Drive
#4 Cottage Grove
#6 Jackson Park Express
Sat, Feb 4
9am to 10:30am or completion
How does this affect my trip?
Northbound #3 King Drive, #4 Cottage Grove, and #6 Jackson Park Express buses will operate via Michigan, Madison, State, and Lake to Michigan.
Northbound #3 and #6 buses will resume their normal route on Michigan.
Northbound #4 buses will operate via Michigan and Randolph, then resume their normal route on Randolph.
Southbound #3 and #4 buses will operate via Michigan, Randolph, State, and Monroe, then resume their normal route on Michigan.
Southbound #6 buses are not affected.
Allow extra travel time.
How does this affect my trip?
Buses are rerouted due to a helicopter lift at 30 N. Michigan.
#8 Halsted Temporary Reroute
Tue, Jan 31 to Thu, Feb 9 or completion
How does this affect my trip?
Buses will operate in both directions via Halsted, 76th, Vincennes, 79th, Emerald, and the Halsted/79th bus terminal.
Allow extra travel time.
Why is service being changed?
Buses are rerouted due to building demolition at 79th/Halsted.
Temporary Reroutes
#20 Madison
#56 Milwaukee
#60 Blue Island/26th
Sat, Feb 4
9am to 10:30am or completion
How does this affect my trip?
Eastbound #20 Madison and #60 Blue Island/26th, and southbound #56 Milwaukee buses will operate via Washington, State, and Monroe to Michigan.
Eastbound #20 and southbound #56 buses will end their trips at Monroe/Michigan.
Eastbound #60 buses will resume their normal route on Michigan.
Westbound #20 and northbound #56 will begin their trips at Madison/Wabash, then resume their normal route on Madison.
Westbound #60 buses are not affected.
Allow extra travel time.
How does this affect my trip?
Buses are rerouted due to a helicopter lift at 30 N. Michigan.
#79 79th Temporary Reroute
Tue, Jan 31 to Thu, Feb 9 or completion
How does this affect my trip?
Buses will operate in both directions via 79th, Emerald, the Halsted bus terminal, Halsted, 83rd, Racine, and 79th.
Allow extra travel time.
Why is service being changed?
Buses are rerouted due to building demolition at 79th/Halsted.
Temporary Reroutes
#124 Navy Pier
#145 Wilson/Michigan Express
#147 Outer Drive Express
#151 Sheridan
Sat, Feb 4
9am to 10:30am or completion
How does this affect my trip?
Westbound #124 Navy Pier, and southbound #145 Wilson/Michigan Express, #147 Outer Drive Express, and #151 Sheridan buses will operate via Michigan, Randolph, and State to Madison.
Westbound #124 and southbound #151 buses will resume their normal route on Madison.
Southbound #145 and #147 buses will operate via State and Monroe, then resume their normal route on Michigan.
Northbound #147 and #151 buses will operate via State and Lake, then resume their normal route on Michigan.
Eastbound #124 and northbound #145 buses are not affected.
Allow extra travel time.
How does this affect my trip?
Buses are rerouted due to a helicopter lift at 30 N. Michigan.
The customer alerts listed here are based the latest information known as of the time of publishing. This information is subject to change without notice. While we work to provide information as accurate and reliable as possible, changes, additions, and cancellations are sometimes necessary.
For the latest information, including any changes to the information above or information about unplanned events that affect service, please check the Alerts section of the CTA website or see information pertaining to your route in our System Guide.