Purple Line ‘L’

The Purple Line provides rapid transit train service between Linden (in Wilmette) and Howard (in Chicago) via Evanston. Additionally, during weekday rush-periods, express service continues to downtown Loop.

This page contains

Hours of Operation
- Timetables
Customer Alerts for this route
Route Diagram and Guide (with stations and station addresses)

Hours of operation:

Local (shuttle) service between Linden and Howard
	Mon.-Thu.	Friday	Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Linden to Howard	4:45a-1:30a	4:50a-2:10a	5:30a-2:15a	6:30a-1:45a
Howard to Linden	4:25a-1:10a	4:30a-1:50a	5:05a-1:50a	6:05a-1:20a
Express service between Linden and Downtown (via Loop 'L')
	Monday-Friday		Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Linden to Loop 'L'	5:15a-9:15a 2:25p-6:25p
Loop 'L' to Linden	5:55a-10:00a 3:05p-7:05p

Timetables

Service alerts

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Route diagram

with stations and station timetables

This diagram represents the order of stations along the route (not geography).

	Linden
	Central
	Noyes
	Foster
	Davis
	Dempster
	Main
	South Blvd
	Howard
	During weekday rush periods, Purple Line Express trains continue express to downtown via Loop 'L'...
	Wilson
	Belmont
	Wellington
	Diversey
	Fullerton
	Armitage
	Sedgwick
	Chicago
	Merchandise Mart
	...Purple Line Express trains then continue to and make all stops, operating clockwise around the Loop 'L', in the following order (before returning to Linden):
	Clark/Lake
	State/Lake
	Washington/Wabash
	Adams/Wabash
	Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren
	LaSalle/Van Buren
	Quincy
	Washington/Wells
	...after leaving Washington/Wells, Purple Line Express trains then exit Loop and make all stops from Merchandise Mart back through to Linden.