Lost & found

Reporting a lost item:

If you’ve lost something on CTA, we may be holding onto it for you.

Lost items found on CTA vehicles or at CTA rail stations are sent to the bus garages or rail terminals associated with specific bus routes, rail lines or stations. For items lost on CTA, see the list below for the bus garage or rail terminal to contact.

At no time does the CTA assume responsibility for lost items. Items are kept for two weeks after being found.

Lost & found retrieval tips:

Items sometimes don’t reach terminals or garages until the end of a shift. It is best to wait and call the next day to confirm if CTA found your lost item.
When you call, be ready with information that can help us identify your lost item, such as a detailed description or a unique characteristic of an item.
Knowing the run number of the bus or train, the bus route number, the bus or car number, train line or station name, the time of day you traveled, and the direction of travel can help.
On rail routes with more than one terminal, you may need to check with more than one terminal to track down your item.

Bus garage and rail terminal directory

Each garage plays host to several bus routes. Check the list below for the bus route or rail terminal where the item was lost to determine which location to call.

Please note: Some bus routes operate out of more than one bus garage. When this is the case, it is noted next to the route name. You may need to contact more than one garage to find an item.

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Bus garages

Chicago Avenue garage

642 N. Pulaski Road
1-773-638-3083

Routes:

12 Roosevelt (also Kedzie garage)
19 United Center Express (also Kedzie garage)
20 Madison
37 Sedgwick
53 Pulaski
54 Cicero
54B South Cicero (also 74th garage)
57 Laramie
65 Grand
66 Chicago (also Kedzie garage)
70 Division
72 North
73 Armitage
74 Fullerton
120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express (also Kedzie garage and 77th garage)
121 Union/Streeterville Express (also Kedzie garage and 77th garage)
125 Water Tower Express (also Kedzie garage and 77th garage)
157 Streeterville/Taylor

Forest Glen garage

5419 W. Armstrong Avenue
1-847-588-9500

Routes:

54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.
56 Milwaukee (also North Park garage)
68 Northwest Highway
76 Diversey
77 Belmont (also Kedzie garage)
78 Montrose
80 Irving Park
81 Lawrence
81W West Lawrence
84 Peterson
85 Central
85A North Central
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland
88 Higgins
90 Harlem
91 Austin
92 Foster (also North Park garage)
152 Addison (also North Park garage)
206 Evanston Circulator (also North Park garage)

Kedzie garage

358 S. Kedzie Avenue
1-773-638-5062

Routes:

7 Harrison
9 Ashland (also 74th garage)
10 Museum of Science & Industry
12 Roosevelt (also Chicago Avenue garage)
18 16th/18th
19 United Center Express (also Chicago Avenue garage)
21 Cermak
35 31st/35th
39 Pershing
50 Damen (also North Park garage)
52 Kedzie/California
60 Blue Island/26th
62 Archer (also 74th garage)
66 Chicago (also Chicago Avenue garage)
77 Belmont (also Forest Glen garage)
82 Kimball/Homan (also North Park garage)
120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express (also Chicago Avenue and 77th garage)
121 Union/Streeterville Express (also Chicago Avenue and 77th garage)
124 Navy Pier
125 Water Tower Express (also Chicago Avenue and 77th garage)
126 Jackson
130 Museum Campus
134 Stockton/LaSalle Express
143 Stockton/Michigan Express
151 Sheridan (also North Park garage)
156 LaSalle

North Park garage

3112 W. Foster
1-773-588-6005

Routes:

11 Lincoln
22 Clark
36 Broadway
49 Western (also 74th garage)
X49 Western Express (also 74th garage)
49B North Western
50 Damen (also Kedzie garage)
56 Milwaukee (also Forest Glen garage)
82 Kimball/Homan (also Kedzie garage)
92 Foster (also Forest Glen garage)
93 California/Dodge
96 Lunt
97 Skokie
135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express
136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express
147 Outer Drive Express
148 Clarendon/Michigan Express
151 Sheridan (also Kedzie garage)
152 Addison (also Forest Glen garage)
155 Devon
201 Central/Ridge
206 Evanston Circulator (also Forest Glen garage)

74th garage

1815 W. 74th Street
1-773-918-7700

Routes:

9 Ashland (also Kedzie garage)
X9 Ashland Express
44 Wallace/Racine
47 47th
48 South Damen
49 Western (also North Park garage)
X49 Western Express (also North Park garage)
54B South Cicero (also Chicago Avenue garage)
55 Garfield
55A 55th/Austin
55N 55th/Narragansett
59 59th/61st
62 Archer (also Kedzie garage)
62H Archer/Harlem
63 63rd
63W West 63rd
67 67th/69th/71st
75 74th/75th
94 South California
165 West 65th

77th garage

210 West 79th Street
773-488-1002

Routes:

1 Bronzeville/Union Station
2 Hyde Park Express
3 King Drive
4 Cottage Grove
X4 Cottage Grove Express
8 Halsted
8A South Halsted
24 Wentworth
31 31st
43 43rd
51 51st
52A South Kedzie
53A South Pulaski
79 79th
87 87th
120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express (also Kedzie garage and Chicago Avenue garage)
121 Union/Streeterville Express (also Kedzie garage and Chicago Avenue garage)
125 Water Tower Express (also Kedzie garage and Chicago Avenue garage)

103rd garage

1702 E. 103rd Street
1-773-978-8000

Routes:

N5 South Shore Night Bus
6 Jackson Park Express
J14 Jeffery Jump
15 Jeffery Local
26 South Shore Express
28 Stony Island
29 State
30 South Chicago
34 South Michigan
71 71st/South Shore
95 95th
100 Jeffery Manor Express
103 West 103rd
106 East 103rd
108 South Halsted
111 111th/King Drive
111A Pullman Shuttle
112 Vincennes/111th
115 Pullman/115th
119 Michigan/119th
128 Soldier Field Express
169 69th/UPS Express
171 University of Chicago/Hyde Park
172 University of Chicago/Kenwood
192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express

'L' (train) terminals/offices

Items found or turned in at rail stations are returned to the terminal associated with that station (see listings below). Items found on trains are turned in at the terminal at which they were found when the train was checked for left items, so call all end-of-line terminals for a route if you lost an item on a train.

Loop elevated stations
(312) 664-7200

Including Clark/Lake, State/Lake, Randolph/Wabash, Madison/Wabash, Adams/Wabash, Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren, LaSalle/Van Buren, Quincy, and Washington/Wells

Purple, Red and Yellow lines
Howard terminal
(773) 274-6952

Including:

Red Line Stations: Howard, Jarvis, Morse, Loyola, Granville, Thorndale, Bryn Mawr, Berwyn, Argyle, Lawrence, Wilson, Sheridan, Addison, Belmont, Fullerton, North/Clybourn, Clark/Division, Chicago, Grand, Lake, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, Roosevelt
Purple Line Stations: Linden, Central, Noyes, Foster, Davis, Dempster, Main, South Blvd, Howard
Yellow Line Stations: Dempster-Skokie, Oakton-Skokie, Howard

Red Line
95th/Dan Ryan terminal
(773) 264-8016

Including Red Line Stations: Cermak-Chinatown, Sox-35th, 47th, Garfield, 63rd, 69th, 79th, 87th, 95th

Blue Line
O’Hare terminal
(773) 894-1654

Including Blue Line Stations: O’Hare, Rosemont, Cumberland, Harlem, Jefferson Park, Montrose, Irving Park, Addison, Belmont, Logan Square, California, Western, Damen, Division, Chicago, Grand, Clinton

Blue Line
Forest Park terminal
(708) 344-5010

Including Blue Line Stations: Forest Park, Harlem, Oak Park, Austin, Cicero, Pulaski, Kedzie-Homan, Western, Illinois Medical District, Racine, UIC-Halsted

Brown Line
Kimball terminal
(773) 604-7075

Including Brown Line Stations: Kimball, Kedzie, Francisco, Rockwell, Western, Damen, Montrose, Irving Park, Addison, Paulina, Southport, Belmont, Wellington, Diversey, Fullerton, Armitage, Sedgwick, Chicago, Merchandise Mart

Green Line
Ashland/63rd or Cottage Grove terminals
(773) 434-4490

Including Green Line stations: 35-Bronzeville-IIT, Indiana, 43rd, 47th, 51st, Garfield, Halsted, Ashland/63rd, King Drive, Cottage Grove

Green Line
Harlem terminal
(708) 544-3175

Including:

Green Line Stations: Harlem/Lake, Oak Park, Ridgeland, Austin, Central, Laramie, Cicero, Pulaski, Conservatory-Central Park Drive, Kedzie, California
Green and Pink Line Stations at Ashland and Clinton

Orange Line
Midway terminal
(773) 884-2182

Including Orange Line Stations: Midway, Pulaski, Kedzie, Western, 35th/Archer, Ashland, Halsted and Green and Orange Line station Roosevelt

Pink Line
54th/Cermak terminal
(708) 484-9222

Including Pink Line Stations: 54th/Cermak, Cicero, Kostner, Pulaski, Central Park, Kedzie, California, Western, Damen, 18th, Polk

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