Photo: Track work at Loop Junction

Weekend service changes

Jan 3 - 6

Rail lines

 

BLUE LINE

Jan 4 – 5
Sat to Sun, daily

6am to 4pm

Boarding Change, Delays Between Harlem (O’Hare branch) and Rosemont

How does this affect my trip?
Sat, Jan 4, 6am to 4pm:
Board/exit all trains on the Forest Park-bound side of the platform at the Cumberland station.

Sun, Jan 5, 6am to 4pm: Board/exit all trains on the O’Hare-bound side of the platform at the Cumberland station.

Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Harlem (O’Hare branch) and Rosemont, resulting in minor delays.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are making traction power upgrades to allow trains to operate more efficiently along the Blue Line.

 

PURPLE LINE

Service for Frozen Confines

How does this affect my trip?
Loop-bound Purple Line Express trains will stop at Addison for Day 1 of the Frozen Confines at Wrigley Field on Fri, Jan 3, 2025.

Why is service being changed?
Extra service is being provided for the convenience of customers attending weekday Frozen Confines night games at Wrigley Field.

 

YELLOW LINE

Jan 3 – 4
Fri to Sat, nightly

Service for Frozen Confines

How does this affect my trip?
Additional service from Howard will operate on the Yellow Line for weekday and weekend Frozen Confines games. Skokie-bound trains will operate to Howard until 12am (midnight) Saturday, for Friday night’s game; and 12:30am Sunday, for Saturday night’s game.

Why is service being changed?
Extra service is being provided for the convenience of customers attending weekday and weekend Frozen Confines night games at Wrigley Field.

 

Bus routes

The bus reroutes listed below are short-term reroutes during this week or long-term reroutes beginning this weekend. For a full list of bus reroutes currently in place, please visit the Bus Alerts page.

 

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System status snapshot
‘L’ route status
Blue Line
Normal Service
Brown Line
Normal Service
Green Line
Normal Service
Orange Line
Normal Service
Pink Line
Normal Service
Purple Line
Normal Service
Yellow Line
Normal Service
Bus routes w/alerts
Elevator alerts