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CTA Weekday Service Changes - December 8 - December 12

Here is weekly alert from the CTA detailing weekday service changes. Below are the rail stations affected. For details, click on the continuation.

BLUE LINE:
Boarding Change, Delays Between Pulaski and Western
Boarding Change, Delays Between Cicero and Kedzie-Homan
Boarding Change, Delays Between Western and Kedzie-Homan

BROWN LINE:
Boarding Change, Delays at Fullerton Station
Boarding Change, Delays Between Western and Kedzie

RED LINE:
Boarding Change, Delays Between 63rd and Garfield
Boarding Change, Howard-bound Trains Bypass Wilson Station

Rail Lines

BLUE LINE

Dec 8 – 9
9pm Mon to 4am Tue
Boarding Change, Delays Between Pulaski and Western

How does this affect my trip?
9pm Mon, Dec 8 to 1am Tue, Dec 9
Board/exit all trains on the Forest Park-bound side of the platform at Kedzie-Homan station.

1am to 4am Tue, Dec 9
Board/exit all trains on the Forest Park-side of the platform at Kedzie-Homan and Western stations.

Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Pulaski and Western, resulting in minor delays.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing track maintenance to ensure that trains continue to operate safely along the Blue Line.


Dec 9 – 10
9pm Tue to 4am Wed
Boarding Change, Delays Between Cicero and
Kedzie-Homan

How does this affect my trip?
9pm Tue, Dec 9 to 1am Wed, Dec 10
Board/exit all trains on the Forest Park-bound side of the platform at Cicero and Pulaski stations.

1am to 4am Wed, Dec 10
Board/exit all trains on the Forest Park-bound side of the platform at Cicero, Pulaski, and Kedzie-Homan stations.

Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Cicero and Kedzie-Homan, resulting in minor delays.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing track maintenance to ensure that trains continue to operate safely along the Blue Line.


Dec 10 – 11
Wed to Thu
9pm nightly to 4am next day
Boarding Change, Delays Between Western and
Kedzie-Homan

How does this affect my trip?
Board/exit all trains on the O’Hare-bound side of the platform at the Western station.

Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Western and Kedzie-Homan, resulting in minor delays.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing track maintenance to ensure that trains continue to operate safely along the Blue Line.


BROWN LINE

Dec 8 – 12
Mon to Fri
10:10am to 3pm, daily
Boarding Change, Delays at Fullerton Station

How does this affect my trip?
To Loop, 95th: Board/exit all trains on the Red Line side of the platform at the Fullerton station.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing station construction to modernize and expand stations along the Brown Line.


Dec 10 – 11
9pm Wed to 3am Thu
Boarding Change, Delays Between Western and Kedzie

How does this affect my trip?
Board/exit all trains on the Loop-bound side of the platform at Rockwell and Francisco stations.

Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between Western and Kedzie, resulting in minor delays.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing station construction to modernize and expand stations along the Brown Line.


RED LINE

Dec 8 - 11
Mon to Thu
11pm nightly to 4am next day
Boarding Change, Delays Between 63rd and Garfield

How does this affect my trip?
Board/exit all trains on the 95th-bound side of the platform at the Garfield station.

Trains in both directions will operate on the same track between 63rd and Garfield, resulting in minor delays.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing track maintenance to ensure that trains continue to operate safely along the Red Line.


Dec 12 - 13
8pm Fri to 4am Sat
Boarding Change, Howard-bound Trains Bypass Wilson Station

How does this affect my trip?
• Board 95th-bound trains on the side platform.

• Howard-bound trains will not stop at this station.

• For Howard-bound service from this station, take a 95th-bound train to Sheridan or Addison and transfer to a Howard-bound train.

• For Howard-bound service to this station, take a
Howard-bound train to Lawrence and transfer to a 95th-bound train.

• The auxiliary entrance/exit will close at 8pm, Fri and reopen at 4am, Mon. Please use the main station entrance on Broadway to enter and exit the station during this period.

Please allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?
We are performing station maintenance.

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