CTA

Avoid Dan Ryan Construction -- CTA Service Alternatives

March 16, 2006
With the reconstruction of the Dan Ryan Expressway, the Chicago Transit Authority is encouraging motorists looking for an alternative to driving to take the CTA. CTA service along the Dan Ryan corridor is plentiful, with the Red, Orange and Green Lines providing rapid transit service, dozens of bus routes that connect to all three rail lines, bus routes on major north-south arterial streets and express service to downtown from the South Side.

Following is a list of recommended routes that serve the Dan Ryan corridor or that provide convenient connections.

Bus Routes Connecting to Red Line
Bus Routes Connecting to Green Line
Bus Routes Connecting to Orange Line
South Side Bus Routes with Direct Service to Downtown

Bus Routes Connecting to Red Line
Bus schedules - Rail schedules
# N5 South Shore Night Bus
# 8A South Halsted
# N9 Ashland-Night Owl
# 15 Jeffery Local
# 18 16th/18th
# 21 Cermak
# 24 Wentworth
# 29 State
# 30 South Chicago
# 34 South Michigan
# 35 35th
# 39 Pershing
# 43 43rd
# 47 47th
# 55 Garfield
# X55 Garfield Express
# 59 59th/61st
# 63 63rd
# 67 67th/69th/71st
# 71 71st/South Shore
# 75 74th/75th
# 79 79th
# 87 87th
# 95E 93rd/95th
# 95W West 95th
# 103 West 103rd
# 106 East 103rd
# 111 Pullman/115th/111th
# 112 Vincennes/111th
# 119 Michigan/119th

Bus Routes Connecting to Green Line
Bus schedules - Rail schedules
# 1 Indiana/Hyde Park
# 3 King Drive
# X3 King Drive Express
# 4 Cottage Grove
# X4 Cottage Grove Express
# 8 Halsted
# 9 Ashland
# 15 Jeffery Local
# 35 35th
# 39 Pershing
# 47 47th
# 51 51st
# 55 Garfield
# X55 Garfield Express
# 63 63rd

Bus Routes Connecting to Orange Line
Bus schedules - Rail schedules
# 8 Halsted
# 9 Ashland
# 35 35th
# 44 Wallace/Racine
# 47 47th
# 49 Western
# X49 Western Express
# 50 Damen
# 51 51st
# 52 Kedzie/California
# 52A South Kedzie
# 53A South Pulaski Limited
# 54B South Cicero
# 55A 55th/Austin
# 55N 55th/Narragansett
# 62 Archer
# N62 Archer-Night Owl
# 62H Archer/Harlem
# 63 63rd
# 63W West 63rd
# 94 South California

South Side Bus Routes with Direct Service to Downtown
Bus schedules - Rail schedules
# 2 Hyde Park Express
# 3 King Drive
# X3 King Drive Express
# 4 Cottage Grove
# X4 Cottage Grove Express
# 6 Jackson Park Express
# 14 Jeffery Express
# 24 Wentworth
# 26 South Shore Express
# X28 Stony Island Express
# 29 State

 

 

 

 


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