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.

Jump to: Bus garages, 'L' (train) terminals/offices

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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