97 Skokie

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Service description: See schedule for full details.

First bus/last bus

Spans of service below show when first bus departs terminal of origin through last bus departs terminal of origin. First and last buses reach mid-route stops later than these times-see schedule or use trip planner for specific times when service works for you.

Dempster-Skokie (accessible) (Yellow) east to Howard (accessible) (Red, Purple, Yellow)

4:55a-10:35p weekdays, 7:00a-10:30p Saturday, 7:00a-10:30p Sunday

Howard (accessible) (Red, Purple, Yellow) west to Dempster-Skokie (accessible) (Yellow)

5:15a-10:45p weekdays, 6:30a-10:30p Saturday, 6:35a-10:35p Sunday

Old Orchard Mall east to Howard (accessible)

6:20a-10:30p weekdays, 7:10a-8:30p Saturday, 7:20a-8:50p Sunday

Howard (accessible) west to Old Orchard Mall

5:55a-10:45p weekdays, 6:30a-7:40p Saturday, 6:35a-8:05p Sunday

Every 30 minutes after 8:30pm weekdays and Saturdays, and all day Sundays and holidays.

(Precise hours of service may vary depending on where along the route you are.)

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Our services operate on a Sunday schedule on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th (Independence Day), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.