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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There are no active or scheduled alerts at this time.

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Holiday schedules

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.

System status snapshot

‘L’ route status

Red Line

Normal Service

Blue Line

Service Change

Brown Line

Normal Service

Green Line

Normal Service

Orange Line

Normal Service

Pink Line

Normal Service

Purple Line

Service Change

Yellow Line

Normal Service

All ‘L’ alerts: Current or Upcoming

Bus routes w/alerts

54A

124

126

All bus alerts: Current or Upcoming

Elevator alerts

Green Line

43rd, Conservatory

All elevator alerts: Current or Upcoming

See also: complete system status