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Brown Line ('L')

The Brown Line operates rapid transit service, daily, from Kimball to downtown (with certain late nite trips between Kimball and Belmont only).

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Hours of Operation
- Timetables
Customer Alerts for this route
Route Diagram and Guide (with stations and station timetables)

Hours of operation:

	Weekdays	Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Between Kimball and Downtown
Kimball to Loop 'L'	4:00a-1:00a	4:00a-1:00a	5:00a-1:00a
Loop 'L' to Kimball	4:30a-1:30a	4:30a-1:30a	5:30a-1:30a
Between Kimball and Belmont
Kimball to Belmont	4:00a-2:00a	4:00a-2:00a	5:00a-1:00a
Belmont to Kimball	5:00a-2:20a	5:00a-2:25a	6:00a-2:00a

Timetables

Customer Alerts

Brown Line

Accessibility Alerts
Green Line Brown Line	Elevator at Clark/Lake Temporarily Out-of-Service Elevator Status Thu, Feb 1 2018 - 1:41 PM to TBD

Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren Pink Line Brown Line Orange Line Purple Line Express	Elevator at Library-State/Van Buren Temporarily Out-of-Service Elevator Status Sat, Feb 3 2018 - 4:13 PM to TBD

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Route Diagram and Guide

with stations and station timetables

This diagram represents the order of stations along the route (not geography).


	Kimball	CTA Buses #81, #82, #93	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Kedzie		Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Francisco		Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Rockwell		Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Western	CTA Buses #11, #49, #49B, #81	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Damen	CTA Buses #50, #81, walk 2 blocks east to Ravenswood station on Metra UP-N	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Montrose	CTA Bus #78	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Irving Park	CTA Bus #80	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Addison	CTA Buses #152	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Paulina	CTA Bus #9, 1 block east, on Ashland	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Southport		Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Belmont	CTA Bus #77 (and #22 on Clark St)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Wellington		Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Diversey	CTA Bus #76	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Fullerton	CTA Buses #37, #74	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Armitage	CTA Bus #73	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Sedgwick	CTA Buses #37, #72 (walk 1/2 block north)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Chicago	CTA Buses #37, #66	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Merchandise Mart	CTA Bus #37, #125	Station Timetable (.pdf)
...Brown Line trains then continue to and make all stops, counterclockwise around the Loop, as follows:
	Washington/Wells	Buses #37, #J14, #20, #56, #60, #124, #157 Metra UP-N, UP-NW, and UP-W (at Ogilvie Transportation Center, three blocks west on Madison)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Quincy	Bus #37 (also, westbound on Adams or Eastbound on Jackson, #1, #7, #28, #126, #130, #151, and #156) Metra BNSF, HC, SWS, MD-N, MD-W, NCS, and all Amtrak trains (at Chicago-Union Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	LaSalle/Van Buren	Metra RI trains (at Chicago-LaSalle St. Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren	Buses #2, #6, #10, #22, #24, #29, #36, #62, #146, #147, #148	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Adams/Wabash	Buses #1, #7, #28, #126, #151 (westbound)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Washington/Wabash	Buses #20, #56, #60, #124, #157, #147, also #151 (northbound) on Washington and #146 and #148 on Lake Metra Electric District and NICTD South Shore Line service (at Chicago-Millennium Station)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	State/Lake	Buses #29, #36, #146, #148	Station Timetable (.pdf)
	Clark/Lake	Buses #22, #24, #134, #135, #136, #156 (also, #124 eastbound on Wacker)	Station Timetable (.pdf)
...after leaving Clark/Lake, Brown Line trains then exit the Loop, returning to Merchandise Mart, and then make all stops back to Kimball.

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Trains:

Red Line	Normal Service
Blue Line	Normal Service
Brown Line	Normal Service
Green Line	Normal Service
Orange Line	Normal Service
Purple Line	Normal Service
Pink Line	Normal Service
Yellow Line	Normal Service

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