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Purple Line ('L')

The Purple Line provides rapid transit train service between Linden (in Wilmette) and Howard (in Chicago) via Evanston. Additionally, during weekday rush-periods, express service continues to downtown Loop.

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Route Diagram and Guide (with stations and station addresses)

Hours of operation:

Shuttle service between Linden and Howard
	Mon.-Thu.	Friday	Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Linden to Howard	4:50a-1:30a	4:50a-2:10a	5:30a-2:15a	6:30a-1:45a
Howard to Linden	4:25a-1:10a	4:30a-1:50a	5:05a-1:50a	6:05a-1:20a
Express service between Linden and Downtown (via Loop 'L')
	Monday-Friday		Saturday	Sunday/Holiday
Linden to Loop 'L'	5:20a-9:20a 2:25p-6:25p
Loop 'L' to Linden	6:10a-10:10a 3:15p-7:15p

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Purple Line

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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).


	Linden	Pace Buses #421, #422, #423	Station Timetable
	Central	CTA Bus #201	Station Timetable
	Noyes		Station Timetable
	Foster		Station Timetable
	Davis	CTA Buses #93, #205 Pace Buses #208, #213, #250 Metra UP-N	Station Timetable
	Dempster	CTA Bus #205	Station Timetable
	Main	CTA Bus #205 Metra UP-N (Evanston-Main St Station)	Station Timetable
	South Blvd	CTA Bus #205	Station Timetable
	Howard	CTA Buses #22, #97, #147, #151, #201, #205, #206; Pace #215, #290	Station Timetable
During weekday rush periods, certain Purple Line Express trains continue express to downtown via Loop 'L'.
	Wilson	CTA Buses #36, #78	Station Timetable
	Belmont	CTA Buses #77 (and #22 on Clark St)	Station Timetable
	Wellington		Station Timetable
	Diversey	CTA Bus #76	Station Timetable
	Fullerton	CTA Buses #37, #74	Station Timetable
	Armitage	CTA Bus #73	Station Timetable
	Sedgwick	CTA Buses #37, #72 (walk one 1/2 block north)	Station Timetable
	Chicago	CTA Buses #37, #66	Station Timetable
	Merchandise Mart	CTA Bus #37, #125	Station Timetable
...Purple Line Express trains then continue to, and make all stops clockwise around, the Loop, as follows:
	Clark/Lake	Buses #22, #24, #134, #135, #136, #156 (also, #124 eastbound on Wacker)	Station Timetable
	State/Lake	Buses #29, #36, #146, #148	Station Timetable
	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
	Adams/Wabash	Buses #1, #7, #28, #126, #151 (westbound)	Station Timetable
	Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren	Buses #2, #6, #10, #22, #24, #29, #36, #62, #146, #147, #148	Station Timetable
	LaSalle/Van Buren	Metra RI trains (at Chicago-LaSalle St. Station)	Station Timetable
	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
	Washington/Wells	Buses #37, #14, #20, #56, #60, #124, #157 Metra UP-N, UP-NW, and UP-W (at Ogilvie Transportation Center, three blocks west on Madison)	Station Timetable
...after leaving Washington/Wells, Purple Line Express (rush period service only) trains then exit the Loop, returning to Merchandise Mart, and then operate via express back to Linden.

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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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79	95	97	108	112	126
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