List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes explained

This is a list of bus routes operated by the Chicago Transit Authority. In, the CTA bus system had a ridership of, or about per weekday as of .

Routes running 24 hours a day, seven days a week are:

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

Current Routes

Route Name	Northern/Western Terminus	Southern/Eastern Terminus	Operates	data-sort-type=number	Annual ridership (2023)^[1]	Garage
1 Bronzeville/Union Station	Near West Side Desplaines/Harrison	Douglas 34th/Michigan (last stop southbound) 35th/Indiana (first stop northbound)	Weekday rush	247,751	77th
2 Hyde Park Express	Streeterville Navy Pier	Hyde Park/Woodlawn 60th/Cottage Grove	Weekday rush	400,052	77th
3 King Drive	Streeterville Erie/Fairbanks	Roseland	Daily	3,594,109	77th
4 Cottage Grove	New Eastside Columbus/South Water	Roseland	Daily	3,443,780	77th
		West Roseland 115th/Cottage Grove
N4 Cottage Grove (Owl)	The Loop State/Washington	Woodlawn/West Woodlawn	Night	N/A	77th
X4 Cottage Grove Express	New Eastside Columbus/Randolph	Roseland	Weekday rush	597,618	77th
N5 South Shore Night Bus	Grand Crossing 69th	Roseland	Night	64,157	103rd
6 Jackson Park Express	New Eastside Wacker/Columbus	South Chicago 79th/Lakefront	Daily	1,689,547	103rd
7 Harrison	South Austin Harrison/Central	The Loop Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Weekdays	968,283	Kedzie
8 Halsted	Northalsted Broadway/Waveland	Gresham 79th/Halsted	Daily	4,238,585	77th
8A South Halsted	Grand Crossing/Chatham 79th/Perry	West Pullman 119th/Halsted (Rush hour only)	Daily	595,726	77th
		West Pullman 127th/Lowe
9 Ashland	Lakeview Clark/Belle Plaine	Beverly 95th/Ashland	Daily	4,332,884	74th
		East Beverly/Longwood Manor 104th/Vincennes (Rush hour only)
N9 Ashland (Owl)	Lincoln Park North/Clark	Roseland	Night	N/A	74th
X9 Ashland Express	Lakeview East/Buena Park Irving Park/Broadway	Beverly 95th/Ashland	Weekday rush	1,335,876	74th
10 Museum of Science & Industry	Streeterville Michigan/Chestnut	Hyde Park Museum of Science and Industry	Summer	45,624	Kedzie
11 Lincoln	Skokie Howard/McCormick	Ravenswood/Lincoln Square	Daily	360,731	North Park
12 Roosevelt	South Austin Central/Harrison	Central Station/Near South Side 15th Place/Indiana	Daily	2,300,961	Kedzie / Chicago
J14 Jeffery Jump	West Loop Gate Washington/Jefferson	South Deering 103rd/Stony Island	Daily	1,583,606	103rd
15 Jeffery Local	Fuller Park	South Deering 103rd/Stony Island	Daily	1,320,955	103rd
18 16th/18th	Cicero 16th/Cicero	Dearborn Park/South Loop	Daily	865,422	Kedzie
19 United Center Express	New Eastside/The Loop Michigan/Randolph	Near West Side United Center	Special events	19,745	Chicago/Kedzie
20 Madison	Oak Park/South Austin Madison/Austin	The Loop Washington/Michigan	Daily	3,128,807	Chicago
		New Eastside Randolph/Columbus (Rush hour only)
N20 Madison (Owl)	Oak Park/South Austin Madison/Austin	The Loop Washington/State	Night	N/A	Chicago
21 Cermak	North Riverside North Riverside Mall	Near South Side Mercy Hospital	Daily	2,007,339	Kedzie
	Cicero
22 Clark	Rogers Park	South Loop Clark/Harrison	Daily	3,647,914	North Park
N22 Clark (Owl)	Rogers Park	South Loop Clark/Harrison	Night	N/A	North Park
24 Wentworth	The Loop	Grand Crossing/Chatham	Weekdays	393,890	77th
		Gresham 87th/Racine (Rush hour only)
26 South Shore Express	Streeterville Chicago/Fairbanks	South Deering 103rd/Stony Island	Weekdays	610,228	103rd
28 Stony Island	Kenwood 47th/Lake Park	South Deering 103rd/Stony Island	Daily	965,086	103rd
		Pullman Olive-Harvey College (weekdays)
	West Loop Gate Union Station (Rush hour only)
29 State	Streeterville Navy Pier	Roseland	Daily	2,016,741	103rd
30 South Chicago	Grand Crossing 69th	Hegewisch Hegewisch Station	Daily	438,284	103rd
	Avalon Park/South Shore 79th/South Chicago (Sunday)
31 31st	Pilsen	Lake Meadows 33rd Place/King Drive	Weekdays	139,786	77th
34 South Michigan	Roseland	Altgeld Gardens 131st/Ellis	Daily	799,965	103rd
N34 South Michigan (Owl)	Roseland	Altgeld Gardens 131st/Ellis	Night	N/A	103rd
35 31st/35th	Brighton Park 36th/Kedzie	Lake Meadows/Groveland Park 35th/Cottage Grove Douglas 31st Street Beach (summer weekends)	Daily	960,375	Kedzie
	Cicero Cicero/24th Place
36 Broadway	Rogers Park Arthur/Clark	The Loop LaSalle Metra	Daily	3,176,853	North Park
37 Sedgwick	Sheffield Neighbors	Near West Side	Weekdays	209,380	Chicago
39 Pershing	Brighton Park 38th/St. Louis	Oakland 40th/Lake Park	Daily	388,374	Kedzie
43 43rd	Canaryville Root/Halsted	Oakland 43rd/Oakenwald	Daily	257,183	77th
Fuller Park 47th (weekday eves)
44 Wallace/Racine	Bridgeport	Gresham 87th/Racine	Daily	659,393	74th
47 47th	Brighton Park	Kenwood 47th/Lake Park	Daily	2,101,801	74th
	Garfield Ridge
48 South Damen	Brighton Park/Gage Park	Gresham 87th/Damen	Weekday rush	156,561	74th
49 Western	Budlong Woods Berwyn/Western	Wrightwood 79th/Western	Daily	3,778,334	North Park/74th
N49 Western (Owl)	Budlong Woods Berwyn/Western	Wrightwood 79th/Western	Night	N/A	74th
X49 Western Express	Budlong Woods Berwyn/Western	Wrightwood 79th/Western	Weekday rush	1,079,725	North Park/74th
49B North Western	West Ridge Western/Birchwood	Ravenswood/Lincoln Square	Daily	1,285,809	North Park
50 Damen	Andersonville Edgewater/Clark	McKinley Park	Daily	2,144,581	North Park
51 51st	Brighton Park	Fuller Park 47th	Daily	319,566	77th
52 Kedzie	Humboldt Park Kedzie/Chicago	Marquette Park Kedzie/63rd Place	Daily	1,858,619	Kedzie
52A South Kedzie	Brighton Park	Mount Greenwood 115th/Springfield	Daily	814,117	77th
53 Pulaski	Hollywood Park Pulaski/Peterson	Little Village 31st/Komensky	Daily	4,116,937	Chicago
N53 Pulaski (Owl)	Irving Park Irving Park	West Garfield Park Pulaski	Night	N/A	Chicago
53A South Pulaski	Little Village 31st/Komensky	Mount Greenwood 111th/Pulaski (weekends)	Daily	1,513,083	77th
		Mount Greenwood 115th/Springfield (weekdays)
54 Cicero	Portage Park Cicero/Pensacola	Cicero Cicero/24th Place	Daily	2,166,781	Chicago
54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd	Skokie Old Orchard Mall/Skokie Courthouse	Irving Park Irving Park	Weekday rush	129,654	Forest Glen
54B South Cicero	North Lawndale Cermak/Kenton	West Lawn Ford City Mall	Daily	676,362	Chicago
55 Garfield	Garfield Ridge	Hyde Park Museum of Science & Industry	Daily	1,829,854	74th
N55 Garfield (Owl)	Gage Park 55th/St. Louis	Hyde Park Museum of Science & Industry	Night	N/A	74th
55A 55th/Austin	Clearing 65th/Austin	Garfield Ridge	Weekday rush	37,625	74th
55N 55th/Narragansett	Clearing Narragansett/63rd Place	Garfield Ridge	Monday-Saturday	96,592	74th
56 Milwaukee	Jefferson Park	The Loop Madison/Wabash	Daily	1,647,788	Forest Glen/North Park
57 Laramie	Belmont Cragin Grand/Latrobe	Austin Cicero	Daily	487,502	Chicago
59 59th/61st	Garfield Ridge	Woodlawn 60th/Stony Island	Monday-Saturday	623,588	74th
60 Blue Island/26th	Cicero Cicero/24th Place	New Eastside Harbor Drive/Randolph	Daily	2,393,549	Kedzie
N60 Blue Island/26th (Owl)	The Loop Washington/State	Cicero	Night	N/A	Kedzie
62 Archer	River North Kinzie/State	Archer Heights	Daily	2,043,124	74th/Kedzie
		Garfield Ridge Archer/Cicero
		Garfield Ridge Archer/Neva
N62 Archer (Owl)	The Loop Washington/State	Garfield Ridge	Night	N/A	74th
62H Archer/Harlem	Summit 63rd/Archer	Garfield Ridge	Monday-Saturday	232,979	74th
63 63rd	Woodlawn 63rd/Stony Island	Garfield Ridge	Daily	2,812,393	74th
	Woodlawn 63rd Street Beach (summer)
N63 63rd (Owl)	Woodlawn 63rd/Stony Island	Garfield Ridge	Night	N/A	74th
63W West 63rd	Summit 63rd/Archer	Garfield Ridge	Daily	336,447	74th
65 Grand	Montclare Grand/Nordica	Streeterville Navy Pier	Daily	1,736,486	Chicago
66 Chicago	Austin Chicago/Austin	Streeterville Navy Pier	Daily	4,961,180	Chicago/Kedzie
N66 Chicago (Owl)	Humboldt Park Chicago/Pulaski	The Loop Washington/State	Night	N/A	Chicago
67 67th/69th/71st	Chicago Lawn 69th/Western	Woodlawn 67th/Oglesby	Daily	1,727,894	74th
	West Lawn Ford City Mall
68 Northwest Highway		Jefferson Park	Daily	255,063	Forest Glen
70 Division	Austin Division/Austin	Near North Side Walton/Dearborn	Daily	1,879,400	Chicago
71 71st/South Shore	Grand Crossing	South Shore 73rd/Exchange	Daily	1,694,783	103rd
		South Deering 112th/Torrence
72 North	Galewood North/Harlem North/Narragansett	Lincoln Park North/Clark North Avenue Beach (summer)	Daily	3,049,387	Chicago
73 Armitage	Belmont Cragin Grand/Latrobe	Old Town/Near North Side Clark/North	Daily	1,116,092	Chicago
74 Fullerton	Montclare Grand/Nordica	Lincoln Park Fullerton/Halsted	Daily	2,630,017	Chicago
75 74th/75th	West Englewood 74th/Damen	South Shore 75th/Lakefront	Daily	1,360,291	74th
76 Diversey	Montclare Diversey/Neva	Lincoln Park Nature Museum	Daily	2,325,460	Forest Glen
77 Belmont	River Grove Belmont/Cumberland	Lakeview Belmont/Halsted	Daily	3,932,861	Forest Glen
		Lakeview Lake Shore/Diversey
N77 Belmont (Owl)	Dunning Belmont/Harlem	Lakeview Belmont/Halsted	Night	N/A	Forest Glen
78 Montrose	Norridge Harlem/Forest Preserve	Uptown Montrose/Marine Drive Montrose Beach (summer weekends)	Daily	1,543,275	Forest Glen
		Uptown Montrose Beach (summer weekends)
79 79th	West Lawn Ford City Mall	South Chicago 79th/Lakefront	Daily	4,288,758	77th
	Wrightwood 79th/Western
N79 79th (Owl)	Wrightwood 79th/Western	South Chicago 79th/Lakefront	Night	N/A	77th
80 Irving Park	Schiller Park Irving Park/Cumberland	Uptown Irving Park/Broadway	Daily	2,240,964	Forest Glen
	Norridge/Dunning Irving Park/Harlem
81 Lawrence	Jefferson Park	Uptown Wilson/Marine Drive	Daily	2,554,538	Forest Glen
N81 Lawrence (Owl)	Jefferson Park	Uptown Wilson/Marine Drive	Night	N/A	Forest Glen
81W West Lawrence	Jefferson Park	O'Hare	Daily	395,863	Forest Glen
82 Kimball/Homan	Lincolnwood Devon/Kedzie Lincolnwood Town Center	Little Village 31st/Central Park 31st/Komensky (late nights)	Daily	3,241,665	Kedzie/North Park
84 Peterson	Forest Glen/Edgebrook Central/Caldwell	Edgewater	Daily	712,425	Forest Glen
85 Central	Jefferson Park Bryn Mawr/Elston	South Austin Central/Harrison	Daily	2,286,471	Forest Glen
85A North Central	Forest Glen Touhy/Lehigh	Jefferson Park	Monday-Saturday	113,267	Forest Glen
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland	Norwood Park Imlay/Milwaukee	Oak Park	Weekdays	406,974	Forest Glen
87 87th	Wrightwood 87th/Western Oak Lawn 87th/Cicero	South Chicago 91st/Commercial Gresham 87th/Vincennes	Daily	1,877,045	77th
N87 87th (Owl)	Wrightwood 87th/Western	Chatham 87th	Night	N/A	77th
88 Higgins	Norwood Park Devon/Canfield	Jefferson Park	Daily	264,795	Forest Glen
90 Harlem	Norwood Park Harlem	Oak Park	Daily	1,019,575	Forest Glen
91 Austin	Jefferson Park	The Island/Oak Park Austin/Roosevelt	Daily	1,249,544	Forest Glen
92 Foster	Jefferson Park	Edgewater Berwyn/Broadway	Daily	1,382,135	Forest Glen/North Park
93 California/Dodge	Evanston	Kimball	Monday-Saturday	830,242	North Park
94 California	Roscoe Village Rockwell/Addison	West Englewood 74th/Damen	Daily	2,293,771	74th
95 95th	Gresham 87th/Damen	South Chicago 92nd/Buffalo	Daily	1,120,663	103rd
96 Lunt	Lincolnwood Devon/Kedzie	Rogers Park	Weekdays	150,754	North Park
97 Skokie	Skokie Old Orchard Mall	Rogers Park	Daily	657,395	North Park
100 Jeffery Manor Express	Roseland	East Side 112th/Avenue C	Weekday rush	96,062	103rd
103 West 103rd	Mount Greenwood 104th/Pulaski	Roseland	Daily	381,308	103rd
106 East 103rd	Roseland	South Deering 103rd/Stony Island	Daily	225,669	103rd
108 Halsted/95th	Roseland	West Pullman 127th/Lowe	Weekday Rush	153,842	103rd
111 111th/King Drive	Roseland	Morgan Park 117th/Marshfield	Daily	559,477	103rd
111A Pullman Shuttle	South Deering 103rd/Stony Island	West Roseland 115th/Cottage Grove	Daily	68,203	103rd
112 Vincennes/111th	Mount Greenwood 111th/Pulaski	Roseland	Daily	301,666	103rd
115 Pullman/115th	Roseland	Morgan Park 117th/Marshfield	Daily	522,799	103rd
119 Michigan/119th	Roseland	Morgan Park 119th/Western	Daily	719,851	103rd
120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	West Loop Gate Ogilvie Transportation Center	Streeterville Fairbanks/Chicago	Weekday rush	60,754	Chicago (PM)/ Kedzie/77th (AM)
121 Union/Streeterville Express	West Loop Gate Union Station	Streeterville Fairbanks/Chicago	Weekday rush	84,838	Chicago/Kedzie/77th (AM)
124 Navy Pier	West Loop Gate Union/Ogilvie Stations	Streeterville Navy Pier	Daily	355,964	Kedzie
125 Water Tower Express	Streeterville Chestnut/Mies	Near West Side Desplaines/Harrison	Weekday rush	127,111	Kedzie/Chicago/77th (AM)
126 Jackson	South Austin Jackson/Austin	The Loop Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Daily	999,465	Kedzie
128 Soldier Field Express	West Loop Gate Ogilvie/Union Stations	Near South Side Soldier Field	Bears games	1,687	103rd
130 Museum Campus	Ogilvie/Union Stations	Near South Side Museum Campus	Summer	N/A	Kedzie
134 Stockton/LaSalle Express	Lakeview East Sheridan/Briar (first stop southbound) Sheridan/Belmont (last stop northbound)	The Loop Adams/Wacker (last stop southbound) Franklin/Jackson (first stop northbound)	Weekday rush	301,193	Kedzie
135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express	Uptown Clarendon/Sunnyside	The Loop Adams/Wacker (last stop southbound) Franklin/Jackson (first stop northbound)	Weekday rush	352,738	North Park
136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express	Edgewater/Rogers Park Sheridan/Devon	The Loop Adams/Wacker (last stop southbound) Franklin/Jackson (first stop northbound)	Weekday rush	234,575	North Park
143 Stockton/Michigan Express	Lakeview East Sheridan/Briar (first stop southbound) Sheridan/Belmont (last stop northbound)	The Loop Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Weekday rush	181,512	Kedzie
146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express	Edgewater Berwyn/Broadway	Near South Side Museum Campus	Daily	3,102,211	North Park
		Near South Side (early morning)
147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express	Rogers Park	The Loop Michigan/Ida B. Wells Drive	Daily	2,624,622	North Park
148 Clarendon/Michigan Express	Uptown Foster/Marine Drive	The Loop State/Harrison	Weekday rush	321,685	North Park
151 Sheridan	Rogers Park Arthur/Clark	West Loop Gate Union Station	Daily	3,613,645	North Park/Kedzie
152 Addison	Belmont Terrace Addison/Cumberland	Lakeview East Lake Shore/Waveland	Daily	1,974,051	Forest Glen/North Park
155 Devon	Lincolnwood Devon/Kedzie	Rogers Park	Daily	1,577,564	North Park
156 LaSalle	Lakeview Belmont/Halsted	West Loop Gate Union Station	Weekdays	748,128	Kedzie
157 Streeterville/Taylor	North Lawndale	Streeterville Chestnut/Lake Shore	Weekdays	1,179,041	Chicago
165 West 65th	Nottingham Park 64th/Old Harlem	Garfield Ridge	Weekday rush	45,766	74th
169 69th/UPS Express	Grand Crossing		Weekdays	22,669	103rd
171 U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	East Hyde Park 54th/South Shore	Woodlawn 60th/University	Monday-Saturday	157,107	103rd
172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood	East Hyde Park/Kenwood Hyde Park/East End	Woodlawn 60th/University	Daily	383,951	103rd
192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	West Loop Gate Clinton/Madison	Hyde Park 57th/Cottage Grove	Weekday rush	94,318	103rd
		Hyde Park Goldblatt Pavillion
201 Central/Ridge	Skokie Old Orchard Mall	Rogers Park	Monday-Saturday	425,950	North Park
206 Evanston Circulator	Evanston Central/Crawford	Rogers Park	Weekday rush	85,034	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.
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.
5B Yates/Colfax	87th/Yates	104th/Torrence	Daily	77th	Created March 26, 1972. Renumbered 6B on January 24, 1982.
6 Van Buren	Downtown	Van Buren/Kedzie	Daily	Kedzie	Combined with 126 Jackson on April 8, 1956.
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.
6B Yates/Colfax	87th/Yates	104th/Torrence	Daily	77th	Created January 24, 1982. Discontinued November 30, 1984.
7A Harrison/Adams	Downtown	Adams/Racine Ave	Daily	Kedzie	Discontinued September 9, 1973.
10 Lincoln/Larrabee	Downtown	Peterson/Lincoln	Daily	North Park	Discontinued September 9, 1973; consolidated with Route 11.
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.
13 Elston	Downtown	Belmont/Elston	Daily	Forest Glen	Renumbered from 55 on June 20, 1959. Discontinued September 9, 1973.
13 Southwest Skokie	Niles Center/Oakton		Daily	Forest Glen	Created March 4, 1974. Discontinued September 5, 1976; replaced by Pace Bus 226.^[2]
14 14th Street	14th/Canal	14th/Damen	Daily	Lawndale	Discontinued March 9, 1955
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
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
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
16 Lake	Columbus/South Water	Lake/Austin	Daily	Chicago	Discontinued October 5, 1997
17 Jackson Park Beach	Downtown Chicago	Jackson Park Beach			Summer only shuttle; discontinued by 1951
17 Westchester		Canterbury/Balmoral	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Created on December 9, 1951. Discontinued December 16, 2012; replaced by Pace 317
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)
X20 Washington/Madison Express	Austin	Michigan	Weekday rush	Chicago	Discontinued February 7, 2010.
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
21B West Cermak		Riverside Park Mall		Kedzie	Renumbered Route 25 on November 30, 1975
R22 Cermak-Roosevelt express			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
23 Washington Express	Downtown		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
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)
25 Hegewisch	108th/Ewing	Hegewisch	Daily	77th Street	Combined with Route 30 in 1952.
25 West Cermak		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)
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
27 South Deering		112th/Torrence	Daily	103rd	Combined with Route 71 on August 31, 2003.
X28 Stony Island Express	Olive-Harvey College	Union Station	Weekday rush	103rd	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
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. 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.
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.
32 West 31st	31st/Kilbourn		Weekday rush	Archer	Originally Route 31A; discontinued October 5, 1997
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.
33 Magnificent Mile Express	Clybourn Metra	Western Avenue Metra	Morning rush	Chicago	Created April 7, 1989. Discontinued March 31, 2013
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		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
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.
38 Michigan Express		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.
38 Ogden/Taylor	Ogilvie and Union Stations	Cermak/Pulaski	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Combined with Route 157 on September 6, 2009.
R39 Pershing Shuttle	40th/Lake Park		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.
40 Planetarium	CMC summer beach shuttle		Summer only	Wilcox	Created in 1951; combined with Route 126 Jackson by 1970.
40 O'Hare Express		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.
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.
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.
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.
45 Ashland/Archer	Downtown	39th/Ashland	Weekday rush	69th	Discontinued on November 7, 1993 upon opening of the Orange Line to Midway.
46 Southport	Southport/Cortland	Southport/Irving Park	Daily	Limits	Discontinued on August 5, 1973.
47A West 47th	47th/Archer	47th/Cicero	Daily	Limits	Replaced by Route 47 on September 11, 1966
49A South Western	79th/Western	135th/Western (Blue Island)	Weekday rush	77th	Discontinued December 16, 2012; replaced by Pace 349
50A South Damen	87th/Damen		Weekday rush	74th	Renumbered from Route 48 in 1954; changed back to Route 48 in 1976
53AL South Pulaski Limited	115th/Keeler	(morning) 31st/Komensky (afternoon)	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued February 7, 2010
X54 Cicero Express			Weekdays	Chicago	Discontinued February 7, 2010
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
X55 Garfield Express	Museum of Science and Industry		Weekday rush	74th	Discontinued February 7, 2010
R55 Dan Ryan owl shuttle	Garfield		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		Milwaukee/Imlay (non-rush) Devon/Avondale (rush)	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Discontinued December 16, 2012; replaced by Pace 270.
N56 Milwaukee			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).
58A Ogden Extension	Ogden/Ashland	Armitage/Clark	Daily	Limits	Renumbered Route 98 on April 18, 1976.
61 Montrose Beach	Cermak/Kilbourn	Ford City Mall	Daily	Chicago	Replaced by Route 81A on July 3, 1953.
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.
X62 Archer Express	Downtown	63rd/Cicero	Daily	Chicago	Discontinued on July 3, 1994 as most riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.
R63 Dan Ryan local shuttle			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.
64 Foster/Canfield	Foster/Canfield	(- O'Hare branch)	Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created January 24, 1988; discontinued December 16, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
69 Foster/East River	(- O'Hare branch)		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.
69 Cumberland/East River	Lawrence/East River		Weekdays	Forest Glen	Created on February 27, 1988 as a split of old 69 Foster/East River. Discontinued December 16, 2012.
R69 69th-Garfield express	Garfield		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		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 (midday/weekend)	Lake Shore	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued February 7, 2010.
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.
83 83rd	Jeffery/South Chicago	83rd/Lakefront	Daily	Forest Glen	Sunday service removed September 10, 1961. Combined with Route 95 on September 8, 1963.
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.
R87 87th-Garfield express	Garfield		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.
89 North Kedzie		Kedzie/Lawrence	Daily	Kedzie	Created June 21, 1982. Discontinued on February 2, 1992.
90N North Harlem	(- O'Hare branch)	Touhy/Overhill	Monday-Saturday	Forest Glen	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
92A West Foster	Foster/Canfield	Foster/Milwaukee	Daily	Forest Glen	Merged into Route 85A on February 20, 1955.
92W West Foster		(- O'Hare branch)	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued January 24, 1988.
93 93rd	92nd/Buffalo		Daily	103rd	Combined with Route 95.
95E 93rd/95th	92nd/Buffalo		Daily	103rd	Split from Route 95 on November 25, 1979. Combined with Route 95W to form Route 95 on September 4, 2016.
95W West 95th	95th/Western The Plaza		Daily	103rd	Split from Route 95 on November 25, 1979. Combined with Route 95E to form Route 95 on September 4, 2016.
R95 95th-Garfield express	Garfield		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.
98 Ogden Extension	Ogden/Ashland	Armitage/Clark	Daily	Limits	Renumbered from Route 58A on April 18, 1976. Discontinued on September 13, 1981.
X98 Avon Express	Avon Morton Grove (Golf/Waukegan)		Weekdays	Forest Glen	Discontinued March 20, 2023 due to low ridership.
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.
99M Stevenson Express	Downtown	Midway Airport	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued on July 3, 1994. Riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.
X99 Chicago Manufacturing Campus Express		Chicago Manufacturing Campus	Weekday rush	103rd	Discontinued on March 27, 2005 due to low ridership.^[3]
104 Pullman	93rd/Cottage Grove	115th/Cottage Grove	Daily	Beverly	Combined with Route 111 on June 26, 1988.
110 Marquette	Marquette/Kostner		Daily	74th	Discontinued October 5, 1997.
111 Pullman/111th/115th		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.
122 Illinois Center/North Western Express	Canal/Washington	Columbus/Wacker	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
123 Illinois Center/Union Express	Union Station	Wacker/Columbus	Weekday rush	103rd	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
127 Jackson/Independence	Downtown	14th/Independence	Daily	Kedzie	Discontinued January 28, 1973.
127 Madison/Roosevelt Circulator			Weekday rush	Kedzie	Established January 24, 1982. Discontinued June 15, 2008.
128 Wacker/Orleans	Union Station	Merchandise Mart	Daily	Forest Glen	Discontinued September 7, 1986. Replaced with 41 Elston-Clybourn.
129 West Loop/South Loop	Clinton/Washington	14th/Indiana	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
131 Washington	Austin/Madison	Michigan/Washington	Daily	Chicago	Discontinued October 5, 1997.
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.
136 Douglas	Downtown		Daily	Kedzie	Discontinued September 9, 1973.
142 Union Depot/Shopping District	Downtown		Weekday rush	Kedzie	Discontinued June 19, 1964.
144 Marine/Michigan Express		State/Congress	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
145 Wilson/Michigan Express	Ravenswood/Wilson Grace/Lake Shore Drive (rush)	Congress/Wells	Daily	North Park / Kedzie	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
148 Monroe Parking Lot	Downtown		Weekday	Kedzie	Discontinued January 28, 1973.
149 Michigan State/Wacker	Downtown	Soldier Field	Weekday	Limits	Discontinued January 24, 1982.
N151 Sheridan (Owl)		Union Station	Daily-Overnight	North Park	Discontinued March 31, 2013.
153 Wilson/Michigan	Downtown	Wilson/Ravenswood	Weekday	Limits	Discontinued June 22, 1980.
154 Lunt	Devon/Kedzie		Weekday	Rosemont	Combined into Route 96 on September 9, 1956.
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.
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.
162 Pulaski/Stevenson Express	Downtown	115th/Pulaski	Weekday rush	Archer	Discontinued July 3, 1994 as most riders switched to the Orange Line to Midway.
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.
168 UIC/Pilsen Express		UPS Hodgkins	Weekday rush	Kedzie	Discontinued May 14, 2010.
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/Halsted	Evening rush	103rd	Discontinued September 6, 2009.
174 U of Chicago/Garfield Stations	via	57th/Woodlawn	Weekday rush, Friday-Sunday evenings	103rd	Discontinued September 6, 2009.
200 Main Shuttle	Madison/Central Park (Skokie)		Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued September 6, 2009 due to closure of Rand McNally Headquarters.
N201 Central/Sherman Night Bus	Central/Sherman		Daily-Overnight	North Park	Discontinued December 16, 2012.
202 Main/Emerson	South/Sheridan	Evanston Davis Street station	Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued June 22, 2003. Replaced by 200 Main Shuttle.
203 Ridge/Grant	Crawford/Central		Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued June 22, 2003. Replaced by 201 Central-Ridge and 205 Chicago-Golf.
204 Dodge	Evanston Davis Street station		Weekday rush	North Park	Discontinued June 22, 2003. Combined with Route 93 North California.
205 Chicago/Golf		Skokie Courthouse	Weekdays	Forest Glen/North Park	Discontinued September 4, 2018. Replaced By Pace 208 & 213.
BL Blue Line Local Shuttle		Part A: Part B:	Daily	n/a	Operated from July 23, 2023 to October 2023 while partial of the Forest Park branch was closed for the Forest Park Branch Rebuild project.
BX Blue Line Express Shuttle			Weekday Rush	n/a	Operated from July 23, 2023 to August 20, 2023 and from September 29, 2023 to October 2, 2023 while partial of the Forest Park branch was closed for the Forest Park Branch Rebuild project.

External links

• Chicago Transit Authority - official site, including a trip planner, and system maps.
• ChicagoBus.org - a site covering CTA bus operations.
• CTA Bus Tracker

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monthly Ridership Report December 2023 . Chicago Transit Authority. January 12, 2024. May 9, 2024.
2. Web site: Kristopans . Andre . May 2019 . #13 – SOUTHWEST SKOKIE – Bus Route History . 11 March 2024.
3. Web site: Chicago Transit Board Moves on Experimental Bus Routes.