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Timetables

More recent timetables are in the grid comprising the top part of this page. Older timetables are listed at the bottom of this page. As we scan more older, paper timetables, the bottom section will be overwhelming. We have begun merging them into the main grid and they will be identified with "(P)" after the date so you can identify which ones are older, paper versions. This project is well underway - we have merged (numerically) through Route 40 so far.


More Recent Timetables
Addison (152) Archer (62) Archer-Harlem (62H) Armitage (73) Ashland (9)
Ashland Express (X9) Austin (91) Avon Express (X98) Belmont (77) Blue Island-26th (60)
Broadway (36) Bronzeville-Union Station (1) California (94) South California (94) California-Dodge (93)
Central (85) North Central (85A) Central-Ridge (201) Cermak (21) Cermak Express (21X)
West Cermak (25) Chicago (66) Chicago-Golf (205) Cicero (54) North Cicero-Skokie Blvd (54A)
South Cicero (54B) Clarendon-LaSalle Exp (135) Clarendon-Michigan Exp (148) Clark (22) Cottage Grove (4)
Cottage Grove Express (X4) Damen (50) South Damen (48) Devon (155) Devon-Cicero (14)
Diversey (76) Division (70) Drexel-Hyde Park (1) Elston-Clybourn (41) Evanston Circulator (206)
Foster (92) Fullerton (74) Garfield (55) Goose Island Express (132) Grand (65)
Halsted (8) South Halsted (8A) Halsted-Archer (42) Halsted-95th (108) Harlem (90)
Harrison (7) Higgins (88) Hyde Park Express (2) Indiana-Hyde Park (1) Inner Drive-Michigan Express (146)
Inner Lake Shore-Michigan Exp (146) Irving Park (80) Jackson (126) Jackson Park Express (6) Jeffery Local (15)
Jeffery Jump (J14) Jeffery Manor Express (100) Kedzie (52) Kedzie-California (52) South Kedzie (52A)
Kimball-Homan (82) King Drive (3) Lake (16) South Lake Shore Express (14) Laramie (57)
LaSalle (156) Lawrence (81) West Lawrence (81W) Lincoln (11) Lunch Loop (10 & 15)
Lunt (96) Madison (20) Magnificant Mile Express (33) South Michigan (34) Michigan Express (38)
Michigan-119th (119) Milwaukee (56) Montrose (78) Morgan-Racine (23) Museum Campus (130)
Museum of Science and Industry (10) Narragansett-Ridgeland (86) Navy Pier (124) North (72) Northwest Highway (68)
Ogilvie-Streeterville Express (120) O'harexpress (40) Outer Drive Express (147) Outer DuSable Lake Shore Exp (147) Pershing (39)
Peterson (84) Pulaski (53) South Pulaski (53A) Pullman (4A) Pullman-115th (115)
Pullman Shuttle (111A) Roosevelt (12) Sedgwick (37) Sheridan (151) Sheridan-LaSalle Express (136)
Shopping Loop (15) Skokie (97) South Chicago (30) South Deering (27) South Shore Express (26)
South Shore Night Bus (N5) State (29) Stockton-LaSalle Express (134) Stockton-Michigan Express (143) Stony Island (28)
Streeterville-Taylor (157) SW Skokie (13) Union-Streeterville Express (121) Stadium/United Center Express (19) University of Chicago Hospitals Exp (192)
University of Chicago-Hyde Park (171) University of Chicago-Kenwood (172) University of Chicago-Miday (170) Vincennes-111th (112) Wallace-Racine (44)
Washington Express (23) Water Tower Express (125) Wentworth (24) Westchester (17) Western (49)
North Western (49B) Western Express (X49) 16th-18th (18) 31st (31) West 31st (32)
31st-35th (35) 35th (35) 35th (35W) 43rd (43) 47th (47)
51st (51) 55th-Austin (55A) 55th-Narragansett (55N) 59th-61st (59) 63rd (63)
West 63rd (63W) West 65th (165) 67th-69th-71st (67) 69th-UPS Express (169) 71st-South Shore (71)
74th-75th (75) 79th (79) 87th (87) 93rd-95th (95E) 95th (95)
West 95th (95W) East 103rd (106) West 103rd (103) 111th-King Drive (111) RT - Blue Line
RT - Brown Line RT - Green Line RT - Orange Line RT - Pink Line RT - Purple Line
RT - Red Line RT - Yellow Line




Older Individual Route Paper Time Tables


  • 49X - Western Express - 12/14/1998

  • 49X - Western Express - 03/08/1999
  • 49X - Western Express - 08/31/2003
  • 50 - Damen - 11/16/1997
  • 51 - 51st - 07/03/1994
  • 52A - South Kedzie - 06/18/1978

  • 52A - South Kedzie - 11/07/1993
  • 53A - South Pulaski - 11/07/1993
  • 54A - North Cicero-Skokie Blvd - 06/10/1979
  • 54A - North Cicero-Skokie Blvd - 01/10/1994
  • 55A - 55th-Austin - 07/05/1994

  • 55N - 55th-Narragansett - 07/05/1994
  • 56 - Milwaukee - Date Unknown
  • 56A - North Milwaukee - 06/17/1973
  • 56A - North Milwaukee - 03/28/1994
  • 59 - 59th-61st - 01/09/1994

  • 62H - Archer-Harlem - 07/05/1994
  • 68 - Northwest Highway - 06/17/1973
  • 68 - Northwest Highway - 04/1976
  • 68 - Northwest Highway - 01/09/1994
  • 69 - Cumberland-East River - 1995-09-11

  • 71 - 71st - 09/16/1994
  • 73 - Armitage - 12/06/1992
  • 74 - Fullerton - 06/18/1978
  • 75 - 75th - 09/11/1994
  • 76 - Diversey - 06/18/1978

  • 78 - Montrose - 06/18/1978
  • 78 - Montrose - 01/09/1994
  • 81 - Lawrence - 06/17/1973
  • 81W - West Lawrence - 06/27/1993
  • 84 - Peterson - 06/18/1978

  • 84 - Peterson - 12/06/1992
  • 85 - Central - 09/09/1973
  • 85A - North Central - 03/25/1973
  • 86 - Narragansett - 01/29/1984
  • 86 - Narragansett-Ridgeland - 07/03/1994

  • 86 - Narragansett-Ridgeland - 10/06/1997
  • 86 - Narragansett-Ridgeland Alternates - 10/05/1997
  • 87 - 87th - 09/13/1992
  • 89 - Northeastern Illinois U-Bus - 09/05/1978
  • 89 - North Kedzie - 03/08/1987

  • 92 - Foster - Date Unknown
  • 96 - Lunt - 03/29/1993
  • 96 - Lunt Alternates - 10/05/1997
  • 97 - Skokie - 03/27/1977
  • 97 - Skokie - 12/07/1980

  • 97 - Skokie - 01/24/1982
  • 97 - Skokie - 04/24/1983
  • 97 - Skokie - 03/10/1987
  • 97 - Skokie - 03/28/1993
  • 97 - Skokie - 03/10/1996

  • 97 - Skokie - 12/28/1997
  • 99 - Stevenson Express Alternates - 10/06/1997
  • 100 - Jeffery Manor Express - 12/07/1992
  • 100 - Jeffery Manor Express - 09/11/1995
  • 103 - West 103rd - 09/13/1992

  • 106 - 103rd-106th - 06/18/1978
  • 106 - 103rd-106th - 12/07/1992
  • 111 - Pullman-111th-115th - 03/29/1992
  • 120 - NW Wacker Express - 09/13/1993
  • 121 - Union-Wacker Express - 09/13/1993

  • 122 - Illinois Center-NW Express - 09/13/1993
  • 123 - Illinois Center-Unionr Express - 09/13/1993
  • 124 - Navy Pier Express - 06/25/2000
  • 127 - McCormick-North Western - 03/29/1992
  • 129 - North Western-Franklin - 01/09/1994

  • 130 - Grant Park Treasures - 05/25/1991
  • 131 - Washington - 09/14/1992
  • 135 - Wilson-LaSalle Express - 03/10/1997
  • 136 - Sheridan-LaSalle Express - 03/10/1997
  • 146 - Marine-Michigan - 06/14/1998

  • 131 - Outer Drive Express - 03/28/1993
  • 149 - Stateliner - 09/14/1992
  • 156 - LaSalle - 01/01/1976
  • 156 - LaSalle - 03/10/1997
  • 164 - Narragansett Express Alternates - 10/06/1997

  • 169 - 69th-UPS Express - 06/26/2000
  • 201 - Central-Sherman - 06/12/1978
  • 201 - Central-Sherman - 11/08/1993
  • 202 - Main-Emerson - 06/12/1978
  • 202 - Main-Emerson - 11/08/1993

  • 203 - Ridge-Grant - 06/12/1978
  • 203 - Ridge-Grant - 12/08/1980
  • 203 - Ridge-Grant - 01/10/1994
  • 204 - Dodge - 06/12/1978
  • 204 - Dodge - 12/08/1980

  • 204 - Dodge - 01/10/1994
  • 204 - Dodge Alternates - 10/05/1997
  • 208 - Dodge - 06/12/1978
  • 254 - North Cicero-Skokie Blvd - 01/10/1994

  • Evanston Express Shoppers Special TT #3 - 02/11/1957
  • Evanston Express TT #1 - 07/05/1957
  • Evanston Express TT #2 - 09/03/1957

  • Evanston Express TT #3 - 09/30/1957
  • Evanston Express TT #5 - 10/08/1957
  • Evanston Express TT #33 - 08/31/1964

  • Skokie Swift TT #1 - 04/13/1964
  • Skokie Swift TT #3 - 04/23/1964
  • Skokie Swift TT #5 - 05/04/1964
  • Skokie Swift TT #6 - 05/18/1964

  • Skokie Swift TT #7 - 08/05/1964
  • Skokie Swift TT #8 - 10/12/1964
  • Skokie Swift TT #9 - 12/08/1964
  • Skokie Swift TT #10 - 02/15/1965

  • Skokie Swift TT #11 - 03/29/1965
  • Skokie Swift TT #12 - 08/30/1965
  • Skokie Swift TT #13 - 12/06/1965
  • Skokie Swift TT #14 - 09/15/1966

  • Skokie Swift TT #15 - 06/05/1967
  • Skokie Swift TT #16 - 09/03/1969
  • Skokie Swift TT #17 - No Date
  • Skokie Swift TT #18 - No Date


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