CTA to add service to 19 bus routes, reach pre-pandemic service levels
CHICAGO - The Chicago Transit Authority announced it will soon add service on 19 bus routes, which would fully restore service back to pre-pandemic levels.
The CTA is adding the service on the 19 lines under a new winter schedule after hiring and training more bus operators, the agency said.
The following routes will see weekday service increases:
- #2 Hyde Park Express
- #4 Cottage Grove
- #6 Jackson Park Express
- #15 Jeffery Local
- #26 South Shore Express
- #28 Stony Island
- #35 31st/35th
- #56 Milwaukee
- #67 67th-69th-71st
- #80 Irving Park
- #84 Peterson
- #86 Narragansett/Ridgeland
- #120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express
- #121 Union/Streeterville Express
- #135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express
- #136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
- #143 Stockton/Michigan Express
- #151 Sheridan
- #201 Central/Ridge
The #6, 80, 84, 151, and 201 routes will also receive Saturday service increases. The #151 Addison route will also receive Sunday service increases.
Ridership on routes that already received additional service in 2024 were up between 14% and 15% year-over-year in October, CTA said.
On CTA trains, the agency met its goal of meeting pre-pandemic scheduled services levels in November. CTA added service along all eight rail lines each day of the week.
Visit transitchicago.com for more on the service changes.