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Planned Work w/Station(s) Bypassed
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Planned Work w/Station(s) Bypassed
Brown Line
Normal Service
Green Line
Planned Work w/Station(s) Bypassed
Orange Line
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Normal Service
Purple Line
Normal Service
Yellow Line
Normal Service
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Red Line
79th, Garfield (Green), Halsted
Blue Line
Clark/Lake
Brown Line
Diversey, Paulina
Green Line
Clark/Lake, Garfield (Green), Halsted
Orange Line
Clark/Lake
Pink Line
18th, Clark/Lake
Purple Line
Clark/Lake, Diversey
All elevator alerts: Current or Upcoming
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September ‘L’ & bus timetable update

Some bus routes received updated schedules Sep. 2, as well as some ‘L’ routes on Sep 16.

We routinely adjust schedules several times each year to help make service operate more efficiently and to account for seasonal ridership patterns.

Preview the updated route timetables

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