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Saturday Chicago Local Public Transportation Schedules

CTA L TrainsMetra Trains


All times for all schedules are approximate.

CTA L Trains

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Train
Line
CTA L Train
Station
Walking Time
to the Chicago
Hotel (min)
Earliest Saturday
Arrival Times
Earliest Arrival
Time at the
Chicago Hotel
Latest Saturday
Departure Times
Green
Line
Clinton
14
5:25 am
(from Harlem/Lake
Green Line)
5:39 am

1:35 am (Sunday)
(to Harlem/Lake
Green Line)

5:50 am
(from Cottage Grove
Green Line)
6:04 am
1:10 am (Sunday)
(to Cottage Grove
Green Line)
5:35 am
(from Ashland/63rd
Green Line)
5:49 am
1:25 am (Sunday)
(to Ashland/63rd
Green Line)
Pink
Line
5:27 am
(from 54th/Cermak
Pink Line)
5:41 am

1:40 am (Sunday)
(to 54th/Cermak
Pink Line)

Brown
Line

Transfer to or from the
Green Line or Pink Line
at State & Lake
14
5:41 am
(via Pink Line)
5:55 am
1:26 am (Sunday)
(via Pink Line)
Orange
Line
5:35 am
(via Green Line)
5:49 am
1:26 am (Sunday)
(via Pink Line)
Purple
Line
Transfer to or from the
Red Line at Howard
and to or from the Green Line or Pink Line at Jackson
9
6:50 am
(via Green Line)
6:59 am
12:55 am (Sunday)
(via Green Line)
Yellow
Line
7:41 am
(via Pink Line)
7:50 am
9:57 pm3
(via
Pink Line)
Blue
Line
UIC/ Halsted
9
24 hour service
Red
Line
Transfer to or from the
Blue Line at Jackson
9

 

Metra Trains
Instead of walking from a Metra train station to the Chicago hotel, it may be significantly easier and faster to travel using a CTA L train or taxicab with your bike and baggage.

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Train Line
Metra
Train
Station
Fully
Assembled
Bikes
Allowed
Per Train
Walking
Time to the
Chicago
Hotel (min)
Earliest Saturday
Arrival Time
in Chicago
Earliest
Arrival
Time at
the Chicago
Hotel
Latest
Saturday
Departure Time
from Chicago
Union Pacific
West (UPW)
20
9
7:50 am
7:59 am1
12:40 am
(Sunday)
Union Pacific
Northwest (UPNW)
 
20
9
7:37 am
(from Crystal Lake)
7:46 am1
12:30 am
(Sunday)
8:23 am
(from Harvard)
8:32 am2
Rock Island
District (RID)
15

25

7:29 am
7:54 am1
12:25 am
(Sunday)
Milwaukee District
North (MDN)
15
11
7:12 am
7:23 am
12:25 am
(Sunday)
Milwaukee District
West (MDW)
15
11
7:12 am
7:23 am
12:40 am
(Sunday)
South Shore
(NICTD)
13
30
7:00 am
(from Michigan City
Carroll Ave.)
7:30 am
12:45 am
(Sunday)
(to Michigan City
Carroll Ave.)
9:13 am
(from South
Bend Airport)
9:43 am2
9:15 pm3
(Sunday)
(to South
Bend Airport)
BNSF Railway
(BNSF)
10
11
6:21 am
6:32 am
12:40 am
(Sunday)
Union Pacific
North (UPN)
 

20

9
6:17 am
(from Waukegan)
6:26 am
12:35 am
(Sunday)
7:28 am
(from Kenosha)
7:37 am
Electric District
(MED)
2 standard
bicycles
per train car
30
5:49 am
(from University
Park)
6:19 am
12:35 am
(to University
Park)
6:16 am
(from South Chicago
(93rd St.))
6:46 am
10:40 pm3
(to South Chicago
(93rd St.))
9:56 am
(from Blue Island)
10:26 am2
5:00 pm3
(to Blue Island)
SouthWest
Service (SWS)
no service
Heritage Corridor
(HC)
no service
North Central
Service (NCS)
no service

Notes
1. You could arrive at the main transportation staging site after our arrival deadline time (including the walking time from the train station).
We can still accommodate you if you will be arriving on one of these train lines since we will still be busy checking people in and loading their bikes and baggage, but you must inform us you will be doing so when you register so that we will expecting you to arrive late. If you do not specifically inform us that you will be arriving on one of these trains we will not wait for you.

2. You definitely will arrive at the main transportation staging site after our arrival deadline time.
Do not plan on arriving on these train lines since they arrive in Chicago significantly after our check in time and we will not be able to accommodate you arriving this late.

3. You could or definitely will depart Chicago after our estimated actual arrival time after the end of RAGBRAI.
Use caution when planning on departing Chicago on these train lines and make alternate travel plans accordingly, particularly for RAGBRAI ending towns further away from Chicago.

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