List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes

A NovaBus LFS along CTA's Route 56.

This is a list of bus routes operated by the Chicago Transit Authority.

Routes running 24/7 are:

• The N4 (between 63rd/Cottage Grove and Washington/State only),
• N9 (between 95th/Dan Ryan (Red) and North/Clark only),
• N20 (between Washington/State and Austin only),
• N22 (between Howard and Harrison only),
• N34 (between 95th/Dan Ryan (Red) and 131st/Ellis only),
• N49 (between 79th and Berwyn only),
• N53 (between Harrison and Irving Park only),
• N55 (between Museum of Science and Industry and 55th/St. Louis only),
• N60 (between Washington/State and 54th/Cermak (Pink) only),
• N62 (between Washington/State and Midway),
• N63 (between Midway (Orange) and 63rd/Stony Island only),
• N66 (between Chicago/Pulaski and Washington/State only),
• N77 (between Harlem and Halsted only),
• N79 (between Western and Lakefront only),
• N81 (between Jefferson Park (Blue) and Wilson/Marine Drive only),
• N87 (between Western and 87th (Red) only).

Current Routes[]

Route Name	Northern/Western Terminus	Southern/Eastern Terminus	Operates	Garage
1 Bronzeville/Union Station	Union Station	35th/Indiana 34th/Michigan	Weekday rush	77th
2 Hyde Park Express	Navy Pier	60th/Cottage Grove	Weekday rush	77th
3 King Drive	Erie/Fairbanks	95th/St. Lawrence	Daily	77th
4 Cottage Grove	Columbus/South Water	95th/St. Lawrence 115th/Cottage Grove	Daily	77th
N4 Cottage Grove (Owl)	Columbus/South Water	Cottage Grove ( ■)	Night	77th
N5 South Shore Night Bus	69th ( ■)	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	Night	103rd
6 Jackson Park Express	Wacker/Columbus	79th/Lakefront	Daily	103rd
7 Harrison	Harrison/Central	Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Weekdays	Kedzie
8 Halsted	Broadway/Waveland	79th/Halsted	Daily	77th
8A South Halsted	79th/Perry	119th/Halsted 127th/Lowe	Daily	77th
9 Ashland	Clark/Belle Plaine	95th/Ashland 104th/Vincennes (weekday rush)	Daily	74th
N9 Ashland (Owl)	North/Clark	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	Night	74th
X9 Ashland Express	Irving Park/Sheridan	95th/Ashland	Weekday rush	74th
10 Museum of Science & Industry	Michigan/Chestnut	Museum of Science and Industry	Summer	Kedzie
11 Lincoln	Howard/McCormick	Western ( ■)	Daily	North Park
12 Roosevelt	Central/Harrison	15th Place/Indiana	Daily	Kedzie / Chicago
J14 Jeffery Jump	Washington/Jefferson	103rd/Stony Island	Daily	103rd
15 Jeffery Local	47th ( ■)	103rd/Stony Island	Daily	103rd
18 16th/18th	16th/Cicero	Roosevelt ( ■■■)	Daily	Kedzie
19 United Center Express	Michigan/Randolph	United Center	Special events	Chicago/Kedzie
20 Madison	Madison/Austin	Washington/Michigan Randolph/Columbus (weekday rush)	Daily	Chicago
N20 Madison (Owl)	Madison/Austin	Washington/State	Night	Chicago
21 Cermak	North Riverside Mall 54th/Cermak ( ■)	Mercy Hospital	Daily	Kedzie
22 Clark	Howard ( ■■■)	Clark/Harrison	Daily	North Park
N22 Clark (Owl)	Howard ( ■■■)	Washington/State	Night	North Park
24 Wentworth	Clark/Lake ( ■■■■■■)	78th/Vincennes 87th/Racine (weekday rush)	Weekdays	77th
26 South Shore Express	Chicago/Fairbanks	103rd/Stony Island	Weekdays	103rd
28 Stony Island	47th/Lake Park Union Station (weekday rush)	Olive-Harvey College (weekdays) 103rd/Stony Island	Daily	103rd
29 State	Navy Pier	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	Daily	103rd
30 South Chicago	69th ( ■) 79th/South Chicago (Sunday)	Hegewisch Station	Daily	103rd
31 31st	Ashland ( ■)	33rd Place/King Drive	Weekdays	77th
34 South Michigan	131st/Ellis	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	Daily	103rd
N34 South Michigan (Owl)	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	131st/Ellis	Night	103rd
35 31st/35th	36th/Kedzie Cicero/24th Place	35th/Cottage Grove 31st Street Beach (summer weekends)	Daily	Kedzie
36 Broadway	Arthur/Clark	LaSalle Metra Desplaines/Harrison (late nights)	Daily	North Park
37 Sedgwick	Fullerton ( ■■■)	Clinton ( ■)	Weekdays	Chicago
39 Pershing	38th/St. Louis	40th/Lake Park	Daily	Kedzie
43 43rd	Root/Halsted 47th ( ■) (weekdays)	43rd/Oakenwald	Daily	77th
44 Wallace/Racine	Halsted ( ■)	87th/Racine	Daily	74th
47 47th	Midway ( ■) Kedzie ( ■)	47th/Lake Park	Daily	74th
48 South Damen	Western ( ■)	87th/Damen	Weekday rush	74th
49 Western	Berwyn/Western	79th/Western	Daily	North Park/74th
N49 Western (Owl)	Berwyn/Western	79th/Western	Night	74th
X49 Western Express	Berwyn/Western	79th/Western	Weekday rush	North Park/74th
49B North Western	Western/Birchwood	Western ( ■)	Daily	North Park
50 Damen	Edgewater/Clark	35th/Archer ( ■)	Daily	North Park
51 51st	Kedzie ( ■)	47th ( ■)	Daily	77th
52 Kedzie	Kedzie/Chicago	63rd Place/Kedzie	Daily	Kedzie
52A South Kedzie	Kedzie ( ■)	115th/Springfield	Daily	77th
53 Pulaski	Pulaski/Peterson	31st/Komensky	Daily	Chicago
N53 Pulaski (Owl)	Irving Park ( ■)	Pulaski ( ■)	Night	Chicago
53A South Pulaski	31st/Komensky	111th/Pulaski (weekends) 115th/Springfield (weekdays)	Daily	77th
54 Cicero	Cicero/Pensacola	Cicero/24th Place	Daily	Chicago
54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd	Old Orchard Mall/Skokie Courthouse	Irving Park ( ■)	Weekday rush	Forest Glen
54B South Cicero	Cermak/Kenton	Ford City Mall	Daily	Chicago
55 Garfield	Midway ( ■)	Museum of Science & Industry	Daily	74th
N55 Garfield (Owl)	55th/St. Louis	Museum of Science & Industry	Night	74th
55A 55th/Austin	65th/Austin	Midway ( ■)	Weekday rush	74th
55N 55th/Narragansett	63rd Place/Narragansett	Midway ( ■)	Monday-Saturday	74th
56 Milwaukee	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Madison/Wabash	Daily	Forest Glen/North Park
57 Laramie	Grand/Latrobe	Cicero ( ■)	Daily	Chicago
59 59th/61st	Midway ( ■)	60th/Stony Island	Monday-Saturday	74th
60 Blue Island/26th	Cicero/24th Place	Harbor Drive/Randolph	Daily	Kedzie
N60 Blue Island/26th (Owl)	Washington/State	54th/Cermak ( ■)	Night	Kedzie
62 Archer	State/Kinzie	Archer/Neva Pulaski ( ■)	Daily	74th/Kedzie
N62 Archer (Owl)	Washington/State	Midway ( ■)	Night	74th
62H Archer/Harlem	63rd/Archer	Midway ( ■)	Monday-Saturday	74th
63 63rd	63rd/Stony Island 63rd Street Beach (summer)	Midway ( ■)	Daily	74th
N63 63rd (Owl)	63rd/Stony Island	Midway ( ■)	Night	74th
63W West 63rd	63rd/Archer	Midway ( ■)	Daily	74th
65 Grand	Grand/Nordica	Navy Pier	Daily	Chicago
66 Chicago	Chicago/Austin	Navy Pier	Daily	Chicago/Kedzie
N66 Chicago (Owl)	Chicago/Pulaski	Washington/State	Night	Chicago
67 67th/69th/71st	69th/Western Ford City Mall	67th/Oglesby	Daily	74th
68 Northwest Highway	Park Ridge Metra	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Daily	Forest Glen
70 Division	Division/Austin	Walton/Dearborn	Daily	Chicago
71 71st/South Shore	69th ( ■)	112th/Torrence 73rd/Exchange	Daily	103rd
72 North	North/Harlem North/Narragansett	North/Clark North Avenue Beach (summer)	Daily	Chicago
73 Armitage	Grand/Latrobe	Clark/North	Daily	Chicago
74 Fullerton	Grand/Nordica	Fullerton/Halsted	Daily	Chicago
75 74th/75th	74th/Damen	75th/Lakefront	Daily	74th
76 Diversey	Diversey/Neva	Nature Museum	Daily	Forest Glen
77 Belmont	Belmont/Cumberland	Lake Shore/Diversey Belmont/Halsted	Daily	Forest Glen
N77 Belmont (Owl)	Belmont/Harlem	Belmont/Halsted	Night	Forest Glen
78 Montrose	Harlem/Forest Preserve	Montrose/Marine Drive Montrose Beach (summer weekends)	Daily	Forest Glen
79 79th	79th/Western Ford City Mall	79th/Lakefront	Daily	77th
N79 79th (Owl)	79th/Western	79th/Lakefront	Night	77th
80 Irving Park	Irving Park/Harlem Irving Park/Cumberland	Irving Park/Broadway	Daily	Forest Glen
81 Lawrence	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Wilson/Marine Drive	Daily	Forest Glen
N81 Lawrence (Owl)	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Wilson/Marine Drive	Night	Forest Glen
81W West Lawrence	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Cumberland ( ■)	Daily	Forest Glen
82 Kimball/Homan	Devon/Kedzie Lincolnwood Town Center	31st/Central Park 31st/Komensky (late nights)	Daily	Kedzie/North Park
84 Peterson	Central/Caldwell	Bryn Mawr/Sheridan	Daily	Forest Glen
85 Central	Bryn Mawr/Elston	Central/Harrison	Daily	Forest Glen
85A North Central	Touhy/Lehigh	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Monday-Saturday	Forest Glen
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland	Imlay/Milwaukee	Ridgeland ( ■)	Weekdays	Forest Glen
87 87th	87th/Western 87th/Cicero	91st/Commercial 87th/Vincennes	Daily	77th
N87 87th (Owl)	87th/Western	87th ( ■)	Night	77th
88 Higgins	Devon/Canfield	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Daily	Forest Glen
90 Harlem	Harlem ( ■)	Harlem/Lake ( ■)	Daily	Forest Glen
91 Austin	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Austin/Roosevelt	Daily	Forest Glen
92 Foster	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Bryn Mawr ( ■)	Daily	Forest Glen/North Park
93 California/Dodge	Davis ( ■)	Kimball ( ■)	Monday-Saturday	North Park
94 California	Rockwell/Addison	74th/Damen	Daily	74th
95 95th	87th/Damen	92nd/Buffalo	Daily	103rd
96 Lunt	Devon/Kedzie	Morse ( ■)	Weekdays	North Park
97 Skokie	Dempster–Skokie ( ■) Old Orchard Mall	Howard ( ■■■)	Daily	North Park
X98 Avon Express	Avon Morton Grove (Golf/Waukegan)	Jefferson Park ( ■)	Weekdays	Forest Glen
100 Jeffery Manor Express	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	112th/Avenue C	Weekday rush	103rd
103 West 103rd	104th/Pulaski	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	Daily	103rd
106 East 103rd	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	103rd/Stony Island	Daily	103rd
108 Halsted/95th	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	127th/Lowe	Weekdays	103rd
111 111th/King Drive	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	117th/Marshfield	Daily	103rd
111A Pullman Shuttle	103rd/Stony Island	115th/Cottage Grove	Daily	103rd
112 Vincennes/111th	111th/Pulaski	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	Daily	103rd
115 Pullman/115th	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	117th/Marshfield	Daily	103rd
119 Michigan/119th	95th/Dan Ryan ( ■)	119th/Western	Daily	103rd
120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	Ogilvie Transportation Center	Fairbanks/Chicago	Weekday rush	Chicago (PM)/ Kedzie/77th (AM)
121 Union/Streeterville Express	Union Station	Fairbanks/Chicago	Weekday rush	Chicago/Kedzie/77th (AM)
124 Navy Pier	Union/Ogilvie Stations	Navy Pier	Daily	Kedzie
125 Water Tower Express	Chestnut/Mies	Desplaines/Harrison	Weekday rush	Kedzie/Chicago/77th (AM)
126 Jackson	Jackson/Austin	Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Daily	Kedzie
128 Soldier Field Express	Ogilvie/Union Stations	Soldier Field	Bears games	103rd
130 Museum Campus	Ogilvie/Union Stations	Museum Campus	Summer	Kedzie
134 Stockton/LaSalle Express	Sheridan/Briar Sheridan/Belmont	Adams/Wacker Franklin/Jackson	Weekday rush	Kedzie
135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express	Clarendon/Sunnyside Wilson/Clarendon	Adams/Wacker Franklin/Jackson	Weekday rush	North Park
136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express	Sheridan/Devon	Adams/Wacker Franklin/Jackson	Weekday rush	North Park
143 Stockton/Michigan Express	Sheridan/Briar Sheridan/Belmont	Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Weekday rush	Kedzie
146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express	Berwyn/Broadway ( ■)	Museum Campus Roosevelt ( ■■■) (early morning)	Daily	North Park
147 Outer Drive Express	Howard ( ■■■)	Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Daily	North Park
148 Clarendon/Michigan Express	Foster/Marine Drive	State/Harrison	Weekday rush	North Park
151 Sheridan	Arthur/Clark	Union Station	Daily	North Park/Kedzie
152 Addison	Addison/Cumberland	Lake Shore/Waveland	Daily	Forest Glen/North Park
155 Devon	Devon/Kedzie	Morse ( ■)	Daily	North Park
156 LaSalle	Belmont/Halsted	Union Station	Weekdays	Kedzie
157 Streeterville/Taylor	Pulaski ( ■)	Chestnut/Lake Shore	Weekdays	Chicago
165 West 65th	64th/Old Harlem	Midway ( ■)	Weekday rush	74th
169 69th/UPS Express	69th ( ■)	UPS Hodgkins	Weekdays	103rd
171 U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	54th/South Shore	60th/University	Monday-Saturday	103rd
172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood	Hyde Park/East End	60th/University	Daily	103rd
192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	Clinton/Madison	57th/Cottage Grove Goldblatt Pavilion	Weekday rush	103rd
201 Central/Ridge	Old Orchard Mall	Howard ( ■■■)	Monday-Saturday	North Park
206 Evanston Circulator	Central/Crawford	Howard ( ■■■)	Weekday rush	Forest Glen/North Park

Former Routes[]

Route Name	Terminus	Terminus	Operated	Garage	Notes
X3 King Drive Express	95th/St. Lawrence	Erie/Fairbanks	Weekday rush	77th	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[1]
X4 Cottage Grove Express	95th/St. Lawrence	Chicago/Fairbanks	Weekday rush	77th	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[1]
5 Jeffery Local	79th/South Shore Drive	Wacker/Columbus	Daily	52nd	Renumbered as Route 6 Local on January 24, 1982. Number reused on N5 South Shore Night Bus.[1]
5B Yates/Colfax	87th/Yates	104th/Torrence	Daily	77th	Created March 26, 1972. Renumbered 6B on January 24, 1982.[2]
6 Van Buren	Downtown	Van Buren/Kedzie	Daily	Kedzie	Combined with 126 Jackson on April 8, 1956. [1]
6 Garfield	Downtown	55th/Cicero Ave	Daily	69th	Replaced by 55 Garfield on September 28, 1969. Number reused on 6 Jeffery Express on October 13, 1975.[1]
6B Yates/Colfax	87th/Yates	104th/Torrence	Daily	77th	Created January 24, 1982. Discontinued November 30, 1984.[2]
7A Harrison/Adams	Downtown	Adams/Racine Ave	Daily	Kedzie	Discontinued September 9, 1973.[1]
10 Lincoln/Larrabee	Downtown	Peterson/Lincoln	Daily	North Park	Discontinued September 9, 1973; consolidated with Route 11.[3]
10 Lunch Loop	Downtown	Greektown	Midday	Archer	Created August 5, 1992. Discontinued July 2, 1993; number reused on 10 Museum of Science & Industry November 24, 1995.[3]
13 Elston	Downtown	Belmont/Elston	Daily	Forest Glen	Renumbered from 55 on June 20, 1959. Discontinued September 9, 1973.[3]
13 Southwest Skokie	Niles Center/Oakton	Jefferson Park (Blue)	Daily	Forest Glen	Created March 4, 1974. Discontinued September 5, 1976; replaced by Pace Bus 226.[4][5]
14 14th Street	14th/Canal	14th/Damen	Daily	Lawndale	Discontinued March 9, 1955.[3]
14 Devon/Cicero	Downtown	Devon/Kedzie	Daily	Forest Glen	Created March 5, 1957 as a renumbering of 54A. Split into 54A and 155A on June 11, 1979.[3]
14 Jeffery Express	Washington/Jefferson	103rd/Stony Island	Weekends	103rd	Created on January 24, 1982. Renamed to J14 Jeffery Jump in 2012.
15 Canal/Wacker	Downtown	Canal/Archer	Daily	Archer	Discontinued January 24, 1982. Number reused August 5, 1992 (see below).[3]
15 Shopping Loop	Downtown	Water Tower	Midday	Archer	Created August 5, 1992. Discontinued June 28, 1996. Number reused on 15 Jeffery Local August 31, 2003.[3]
16 Lake	Columbus/South Water	Lake/Austin	Daily	Chicago	Discontinued October 5, 1997.[3]
17 Jackson Park Beach	Downtown Chicago	Jackson Park Beach	[?]	[?]	Summer only shuttle; discontinued by 1951.[3]
17 Westchester	Forest Park (Blue)	Canterbury/Balmoral	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Created on December 9, 1951. Discontinued December 16, 2012; replaced by Pace 317.[3]
19 Devon/Northwest Express	Logan Square	Devon/Harlem	Weekday rush	Forest Glen	Discontinued February 1, 1970. Number reused on 19 Stadium Express (now 19 United Center Express).[3]
X20 Washington/Madison Express	Austin	Michigan	Weekday rush	Chicago	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[6]
X21 Cermak Express	Downtown	North Riverside Park Mall	Weekday/holiday rush	Kedzie	X21 Cermak Express was eliminated due to the reopening of the Cermak Branch of the Blue Line on weekends.
21A Fulton/21st Street	Downtown	21st/Marshall	Daily	Kedzie	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Discontinued on May 8, 1947, partially replaced by 15 Canal/Wacker.[6]
21B West Cermak	54th/Cermak (Pink)	Riverside Park Mall	[?]	Kedzie	Renumbered Route 25 on November 30, 1975.[6]
R22 Cermak-Roosevelt express	Cermak-Chinatown (Red)	Roosevelt (Red Orange Green)	Daily	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
23 Morgan/Racine	Union Stockyards	Ashland/Erie	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued September 13, 1981.[6]
23 Washington Express	Downtown	Harlem/Lake (Green)	Daily	Kedzie	Created January 9, 1994 due to the closure of the Green Line due to renovation. Discontinued May 12, 1996 when the Green Line reopened.[6]
24 Windsor Park	79th/Stony Island	92nd/Commercial	[?]	Kedzie	Replaced by rerouted Route 27 on September 7, 1963. Reused February 15, 1976 on the 24 Wentworth (previously a streetcar).[6]
25 Hegewisch	108th/Ewing	Hegewisch	Daily	77th Street	Combined with Route 30 in 1952.[6]
25 West Cermak	54th/Cermak (Pink)	North Riverside Park Mall	Daily	Kedzie	Renumbered from 21B on November 30, 1975. 25 West Cermak was eliminated and replaced by an extension of 21 Cermak on June 18, 2006 when weekday service was added for the section that was Route 25 (weekend service on Route 21 for that section was added on December 19, 1998)[6]
26 26th	26th/Cottage Grove	26th/Halsted	Daily	Archer	Combined with Route 31 on February 5, 1956 (this section was removed on November 10, 1975). Number reused on 26 South Shore Express on August 26, 2003[6]
27 South Deering	King Drive (Green)	112th/Torrence	Daily	103rd	Combined with Route 71 on August 31, 2003.[6]
X28 Stony Island Express	Olive-Harvey College	Union Station	Weekday rush	103rd	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[6]
29 Cottage Grove	95th/Cottage Grove	115th/Cottage Grove	Daily	Burnside/Cottage Grove	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service; became part of Route 4 when service was converted to buses on June 19, 1955.[6] Number reused on 29 State on February 15, 1976.
30 Whiting-East Chicago	63rd/South Park	East Chicago	Daily	Burnside/Cottage Grove	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. On June 9, 1940, service in Indiana was converted to buses and removed. That same day, it was rerouted in Illinois, replacing the streetcar portion of Route 32, and the route was renamed 30 South Chicago-Ewing. Route was converted to buses on June 30, 1947, and 30 South Chicago-Ewing merged with 25 Hegewisch to form the 30 South Chicago in 1952.[6]
32 Hammond	63rd/Stony Island	Hammond	Daily	Archer	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Discontinued June 9, 1940 when Indiana service was converted to buses, and the rest was replaced by Route 30.[7]
32 West 31st	31st/Kilbourn	35th/Archer (Orange)	Weekday rush	Archer	Originally Route 31A; discontinued October 5, 1997.[7]
33 Indiana	51st/Indiana	Downtown	Daily	Cottage Grove (later 52nd)	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. On June 29, 1952, weekend service was discontinued as Route 38, a bus route, was created to replace streetcar service on weekends. Discontinued on May 24, 1953 when all streetcar service was discontinued and Route 38 was extended to serve all seven days a week.[7]
33 Magnificent Mile Express	Clybourn Metra	Western Avenue Metra	Morning rush	Chicago	Created April 7, 1989. Discontinued March 31, 2013.[7]
34 State	Downtown	119th/Morgan	Daily	77th Street	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Combined with 36 Broadway on August 19, 1937; 34A Riverdale was renumbered to 34 South Michigan the same day.
34A Riverdale	119th/Michigan	138th/Indiana	Daily	Burnside	Connected with Route 34 State. Renumbered 34 South Michigan on August 19, 1937.
36A Devon	Clark/Devon	Kedzie/Devon	Daily	North Park	Created by June 21, 1931; became part of 36 Broadway on July 10, 1932. This section became Route 36A again when it was converted to buses on December 15, 1947. Combined with Route 155 on October 18, 1953.
36A State	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Navy Pier	Daily	103rd	Renumbered Route 29 on February 15, 1976.
37A Webster/Racine	Webster/Racine	Webster/Racine	Daily	52nd	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Combined with Route 37 upon conversion to buses on September 1, 1947. [7]
38 Lincoln/Rosehill	Howard/McCormick	Downtown	Daily	Lincoln	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Renumbered Route 11 upon conversion to buses on March 11, 1951.
38 Indiana	63rd/Indiana	Downtown	Daily	52nd	Created on June 29, 1952, as the bus variant of streetcar Route 33, running weekends only. On May 24, 1953, streetcar service was converted to buses, service extended to all seven days a week, and service extended south from 51st Street to 63rd Street. Combined into 1 Indiana-Hyde Park north of 51st Street and discontinued south of 51st Street on September 13, 1981. This section south of 51st Street was restored as Route 38 on February 6, 1983 and discontinued January 24, 1988.[7]
38 Michigan Express	Ashland/63rd (Green)	63rd/Stony Island	Daily	52nd	Created January 9, 1994 due to the closure of the Green Line due to renovation. Discontinued May 12, 1996 when the Green Line reopened.[7]
38 Ogden/Taylor	Ogilvie and Union Stations	Cermak/Pulaski	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Combined with Route 157 on September 6, 2009.[7]
R39 Pershing Shuttle	40th/Lake Park	35th/Archer (Orange)	Weekend/Holidays	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
40 Lincoln-Riverview	Downtown	Peterson/Lincoln	Daily	Lincoln	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Renumbered Route 10 when service was converted to buses on February 18, 1951.[8]
40 Planetarium	CMC summer beach shuttle		Summer only	Wilcox	Created in 1951; combined with Route 126 Jackson by 1970.[8]
40 O'Hare Express	Jefferson Park (Blue)	O'Hare Airport	Daily	Forest Glen	The section from Jefferson Park to River Road was discontinued after the Blue Line was extended to Rosemont on February 27, 1983. The Blue Line was extended to O'Hare on September 3, 1984, and Route 40 was discontinued that day.[8]
40 Chinatown/Pilsen Shuttle	Roosevelt/State	Damen/Roosevelt	Weekdays and holidays	Kedzie	Created on May 28, 2005. Discontinued on December 16, 2012.
41 Elston/Clybourn	Belmont/Kimball	Elston/Milwaukee	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued October 5, 1997.[8]
42 Halsted/Archer	79th/Halsted	Randolph/Clark	Weekday rush	Forest Glen	Discontinued on November 7, 1993 upon opening of the Orange Line to Midway. Restored March 27, 1994. Discontinued October 5, 1997.[8]
42A Vincennes	111th/Vincennes	119th/Vincennes	Weekday rush	Beverly	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Converted to buses as an extension of Route 119 on July 22, 1946.[8]
45 Ashland/Archer	Downtown	39th/Ashland	Weekday rush	69th	Discontinued on November 7, 1993 upon opening of the Orange Line to Midway.[8]
46 Southport	Southport/Cortland	Southport/Irving Park	Daily	Limits	Discontinued on August 5, 1973.[8]
47A West 47th	47th/Archer	47th/Cicero	Daily	Limits	Replaced by Route 47 on September 11, 1966.[8]
49A South Western	79th/Western	135th/Western (Blue Island)	Weekday rush	77th	Discontinued December 16, 2012; replaced by Pace 349.[8]
50A South Damen	87th/Damen	Western (Orange)	Weekday rush	74th	Renumbered from Route 48 in 1954; changed back to Route 48 in 1976.
53AL South Pulaski Limited	115th/Keeler	Pulaski (Orange) (morning) 31st/Komensky (afternoon)	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[9]
X54 Cicero Express	Jefferson Park (Blue)	Midway (Orange)	Weekdays	Chicago	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[9]
55 Elston	Downtown	Belmont/Elston	Daily	Forest Glen	Renumbered Route 13 on June 20, 1959. Route 55 reused on split of Route 51 that same day.[9]
X55 Garfield Express	Museum of Science and Industry	Midway (Orange)	Weekday rush	74th	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[9]
R55 Dan Ryan owl shuttle	Garfield (Green)	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Daily-overnight	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
56A North Milwaukee	Jefferson Park (Blue)	Milwaukee/Imlay (non-rush) Devon/Avondale (rush)	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Discontinued December 16, 2012; replaced by Pace 270.[9]
N56 Milwaukee	California (Blue)	Damen (Blue)	Daily overnight	Kedzie	Temporary route to expand overnight service for Blue line station closures during the Your New Blue project
58 Ogden	Ogilvie and Union Stations	52nd/25th	Daily	Lawndale	Combined with Route 37 on September 13, 1981 (Route 37 service on Sheffield was discontinued).[9]
58A Ogden Extension	Ogden/Ashland	Armitage/Clark	Daily	Limits	Renumbered Route 98 on April 18, 1976.[9]
61 Montrose Beach	Cermak/Kilbourn	Ford City Mall	Daily	Chicago	Replaced by Route 81A on July 3, 1953.[10]
61 Archer/Franklin Express	Archer/Neva	Merchandise Mart	Daily	Chicago	Created November 25, 1979; discontinued on July 3, 1994 as most riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.[10]
X62 Archer Express	Downtown	63rd/Cicero	Daily	Chicago	Discontinued on July 3, 1994 as most riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.[10]
R63 Dan Ryan local shuttle	63rd (Red)	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Daily	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
64 Argo	Cermak/Kilbourn	Ford City Mall	Daily	Chicago	Renumbered Route 54B in 1952.
64 Foster/Lawrence	Foster/Lawrence	Foster/Lawrence	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created February 1, 1970 as a split from 85A Foster-Central; split into Routes 69, 81W, and 92W on February 27, 1983.[10]
64 Foster/Canfield	Foster/Canfield	Harlem (Blue - O'Hare branch)	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created January 24, 1988; discontinued December 16, 2012.[10]
64X Cumberland Express	Cumberland Ave/Kennedy Expwy	Foster/Lawrence	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created May 25, 1972 as a split from 40 O'Hare Express; renumbered Route 69 on March 31, 1976.[10]
68 Division	Mozart/Division	Wells/Division	Daily	Kedzie	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Combined with Route 70 upon conversion to buses on February 4, 1951. Number reused on current Route 68 Northwest Highway on February 1, 1970.[10]
69 Cumberland Express	Cumberland Avenue/Kennedy Expwy	[?]	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Route number was originally skipped to avoid confusion with Route 67 operating via 69th Street. Created March 31, 1976 as a renumbering of Route 64X; split into 69 Foster/East River, 81W West Lawrence, and 92W West Foster on February 27, 1983.[10]
69 Foster/East River	Harlem (Blue - O'Hare branch)	Cumberland (Blue)	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created on February 27, 1983 as a split of old 69 Cumberland Express; split into 69 Cumberland/East River and 64 Foster/Canfield on January 24, 1988.[10]
69 Cumberland/East River	Lawrence/East River	Cumberland (Blue)	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created on February 27, 1988 as a split of old 69 Foster/East River. Discontinued December 16, 2012.[10]
R69 69th-Garfield express	Garfield (Green)	69th (Red)	Daily	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
R79 79th-Garfield express	Garfield (Green)	79th (Red)	Daily	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
X80 Irving Park Express	Harlem Irving Park (Blue) (midday/weekend)	Lake Shore	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued February 7, 2010.[2]
82 Devon	Kedzie/Devon	Clark/Devon	Daily	Devon	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Renumbered Route 36A by June 21, 1931 (became part of 36 Broadway on July 10, 1932); number reused on 82 Kimball (now 82 Kimball/Homan) on June 21, 1931.[2]
83 83rd	Jeffery/South Chicago	83rd/Lakefront	Daily	Forest Glen	Sunday service removed September 10, 1961. Combined with Route 95 on September 8, 1963.[2]
84 North Ashland	Irving Park/Ashland	Fullerton/Ashland	Daily	Lincoln/Noble/69th St.	Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used. Combined with Route 9 on August 21, 1936. Number reused for 84 Peterson on June 19, 1939.[2]
R87 87th-Garfield express	Garfield (Green)	87th (Red)	Daily	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
89 Yates/95th	91st/Baltimore	104th/Torrence	Daily	Kedzie	Replaced by Route 71 on December 20, 1971.[2]
89 North Kedzie	Logan Square (Blue)	Kedzie/Lawrence	Daily	Kedzie	Created June 21, 1982. Discontinued on February 2, 1992.[9]
90N North Harlem	Harlem (Blue - O'Hare branch)	Touhy/Overhill	Monday-Saturday	Forest Glen	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[11]
92A West Foster	Foster/Canfield	Foster/Milwaukee	Daily	Forest Glen	Merged into Route 85A on February 20, 1955.[11]
92W West Foster	Jefferson Park (Blue)	Harlem (Blue - O'Hare branch)	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued January 24, 1988.[11]
93 93rd	92nd/Buffalo	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Daily	103rd	Combined with Route 95.[11]
95E 93rd/95th	92nd/Buffalo	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Daily	103rd	Split from Route 95 on November 25, 1979. Combined with Route 95W to form Route 95 on September 4, 2016.[11]
95W West 95th	95th/Western The Plaza	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Daily	103rd	Split from Route 95 on November 25, 1979. Combined with Route 95E to form Route 95 on September 4, 2016.[11]
R95 95th-Garfield express	Garfield (Green)	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Daily	Kedzie	Operated from May 19, 2013 to October 2013 while the Dan Ryan branch was closed for the Red Line South Reconstruction project.
98 Roscoe	Lincoln/Belmont/Ashland	Western/Roscoe	Daily	Limits	Discontinued on August 5, 1973.[11]
98 Ogden Extension	Ogden/Ashland	Armitage/Clark	Daily	Limits	Renumbered from Route 58A on April 18, 1976. Discontinued on September 13, 1981.[9]
99 Stevenson Express	Archer/Neva	Wacker/Dearborn or State/Kinzie	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued on September 5, 1997. Riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.[11]
99M Stevenson Express	Downtown	Midway Airport	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued on July 3, 1994. Riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.[11]
X99 Chicago Manufacturing Campus Express	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	Chicago Manufacturing Campus	Weekday rush	103rd	Discontinued on March 27, 2005 due to low ridership.[12]
104 Pullman	93rd/Cottage Grove	115th/Cottage Grove	Daily	Beverly	Combined with Route 111 on June 26, 1988. [13]
110 Marquette	Marquette/Kostner	Ashland/63rd (Green)	Daily	74th	Discontinued October 5, 1997.[13]
111 Pullman/111th/115th	95th/Dan Ryan (Red)	112th/Corliss	Daily	103rd	Route split into 2 routes: 111 111th/King Drive and 115 Pullman/115th.
119 Vincennes/119th	111th/Vincennes	119th/Halsted	Daily	Beverly	Discontinued June 16, 1963. Service on 119th restored as part of Route 34 on September 28, 1969, and became 119 Michigan/119th on September 8, 1985.[13]
122 Illinois Center/North Western Express	Canal/Washington	Columbus/Wacker	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[14]
123 Illinois Center/Union Express	Union Station	Wacker/Columbus	Weekday rush	103rd	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[14]
127 Jackson/Independence	Downtown	14th/Independence	Daily	Kedzie	Discontinued January 28, 1973.[14]
127 Madison/Roosevelt Circulator	Roosevelt (Red Green Orange)		Weekday rush	Kedzie	Established January 24, 1982. Discontinued June 15, 2008.[14]
128 Wacker/Orleans	Union Station	Merchandise Mart	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued September 7, 1986. Replaced with 41 Elston-Clybourn.[14]
129 West Loop/South Loop	Clinton/Washington	14th/Indiana	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[14]
131 Washington	Austin/Madison	Michigan/Washington	Daily	Chicago	Discontinued October 5, 1997.[14]
132 Goose Island Express	Clybourn Metra station	Congress/Michigan	Weekday rush	Chicago	Discontinued December 17, 2018 due to low ridership.
134 Diversey	Downtown	Wrightwood/Pulaski	Daily	North	Combined with Route 76 on June 19, 1955.[14]
136 Douglas	Downtown	[?]	Daily	Kedzie	Discontinued September 9, 1973.[14]
142 Union Depot/Shopping District	Downtown	Madison/Wabash	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Discontinued June 19, 1964.[15]
144 Marine/Michigan Express	Berwyn (Red)	State/Congress	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[15]
145 Wilson/Michigan Express	Ravenswood/Wilson Grace/Lake Shore Drive (rush)	Congress/Wells	Daily	North Park / Kedzie	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[15]
148 Monroe Parking Lot	Downtown		Weekday	Kedzie	Discontinued January 28, 1973.[15]
149 Michigan State/Wacker	Downtown	Soldier Field	Weekday	Limits	Discontinued January 24, 1982.[15]
N151 Sheridan (Owl)	Berwyn (Red)	Union Station	Daily-Overnight	North Park	Discontinued March 31, 2013.[15]
153 Wilson/Michigan	Downtown	[?]	Weekday	Limits	Discontinued June 22, 1980.[15]
154 Lunt	Devon/Kedzie	Morse (Red)	Weekday	Rosemont	Combined into Route 96 on September 9, 1956.[15]
154 Wrigley Field Express	DeVry Parking Lot	Wrigley Field	Cubs games	North Park	Discontinued March 2014.
155A West Devon	Devon/Cicero	Devon/Kedzie	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued September 13, 1981.[9]
158 Wacker/North Western Station	Devon/Cicero	Devon/Kedzie	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Split into Route 120, Route 121, and Route 125 on January 27, 1975.[9]
162 Pulaski/Stevenson Express	Downtown	115th/Pulaski	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued July 3, 1994 as most riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.[9]
164 Narragansett Express	63rd/Archer	Wacker/Dearborn or State/Kinzie	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued September 5, 1997 as most riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.[9]
168 UIC/Pilsen Express	UIC–Halsted (Blue)	UPS Hodgkins	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Discontinued May 14, 2010.[15]
170 U of Chicago/Midway	57th/Stony Island	59th/Ellis	Weekdays	103rd	Discontinued August 2016 due to low ridership.
173 U of Chicago/Lakeview Express	59th/Kimbark	Belmont/Sheridan	Evening rush	103rd	Discontinued September 6, 2009.
174 U of Chicago/Garfield Stations	Garfield (Red) via Garfield (Green)	57th/Woodlawn	Weekday rush, Friday-Sunday evenings	103rd	Discontinued September 6, 2009.
200 Main Shuttle	Madison/Central Park (Skokie)	Main (Purple)	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued September 6, 2009 due to closure of Rand McNally Headquarters.[16]
N201 Central/Sherman Night Bus	Central/Sherman	Howard (Red Purple Yellow)	Daily-Overnight	North Park	Discontinued December 16, 2012.[16]
202 Main/Emerson	South/Sheridan	Evanston Davis Street station	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued June 22, 2003. Replaced by 200 Main Shuttle.[16]
203 Ridge/Grant	Crawford/Central	Howard (Red Purple Yellow)	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued June 22, 2003. Replaced by 201 Central-Ridge and 205 Chicago-Golf.[16]
204 Dodge	Evanston Davis Street station	Howard (Red Purple Yellow)	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued June 22, 2003. Combined with Route 93 North California.[16]
205 Chicago/Golf	Howard (Red Purple Yellow)	Skokie Courthouse	Weekdays	Forest Glen/North Park	Discontinued September 4, 2018. Replaced By Pace 208 & 213.[16]

References[]

External links[]

• Chicago Transit Authority - official site, including a trip planner, and system maps.
• ChicagoBus.org - a site covering CTA bus operations.
• Bill Vandervoort's Chicago Transit and Railfan CTA page - unofficial enthusiast's site, including CTA Buses, and descending bus companies, trolley buses, and streetcars.
• CTA Bus Tracker