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)

6:25a-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

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

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Holiday schedules

Note that Sunday schedules apply on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas (and/or on their dates of observance).

System status snapshot

‘L’ route status

Red Line

Normal Service

Blue Line

Normal Service

Brown Line

Planned Work w/Station(s) Bypassed

Green Line

Planned Work

Orange Line

Normal Service

Pink Line

Planned Work w/Reroute

Purple Line

Normal Service

Yellow Line

Normal Service

All ‘L’ alerts: Current or Upcoming

Bus routes w/alerts

54B

106

108

124

125

146

148

157

192

All bus alerts: Current or Upcoming

Elevator alerts

Red Line

69th

Blue Line

Western (OH)

Green Line

Garfield

All elevator alerts: Current or Upcoming

See also: complete system status