CTA Surface System History presented by the Illinois Railway Museum

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The numbering system was devised by the late Don Liberko, who worked extensively on cataloging the different styles. It has been enhanced to include new versions.

We are currently working with transfer experts to verify/correct/populate transfer style dates. Currently they are our best estimates. Once solid dates are established (and new styles discovered), the style numbers may change to reflect the correct chronology.

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Style 21a - c1969

Skokie, Dan Ryan and Kennedy routes added to map, blue date and serial number.

  • Addison (Exp)
  • Archer (Express) (via Expressway) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Armitage
  • Ashland (Downtown) (35th) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Austin (Southport)

  • Belmont (Fullerton, West)
  • Blue Island-26th
  • Broadway
  • California, North (Kedzie, South)
  • California, South (Harlem)

  • Canal-Wacker (Devon-Cicero)
  • Central
  • Central, North (Yates-95th)
  • Cermak
  • Chicago

  • Cicero (Pulaski, South)
  • Clark
  • Cottage Grove (Depot Shuttle)
  • Damen, North (Damen, South)
  • Devon-Sheridan (26th-31st)

  • Diversey (Logan Square)
  • Division
  • Douglas (Depot Shuttle) (Ohio-Union Station)
  • Douglas Ext (Roscoe)
  • Elston-Clybourn (Elston)

  • Evanston RT (Skokie Swift)
  • Foster (Bell & Howell)
  • Fullerton (Belmont, East)
  • Garfield-55th (31st, West)
  • Grand (Northwest Hwy)

  • Halsted (Downtown)
  • Harrison (Adams)
  • Higgins
  • Indiana (Depot Shuttle) (Halsted, South) - Plate 32B
  • Indiana (Depot Shuttle) (Halsted, South) - Plate 32C

  • Irving Park
  • Jackson (Express) (Independence) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Jeffery (Limited) (Depot Shuttle) (Drexel-Hyde Park) (Hyde Park)
  • Kedzie-California
  • Kimball-Homan (Pullman)

  • King Dr (Limited) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Lake (Pershing)
  • Laramie (Morgan-Racine)
  • Lawrence
  • Lincoln-Larrabee (Lincoln-Wabash)

  • Loop RT
  • Madison
  • Michigan, South (Foster-Lawrence) - Plate 27D
  • Michigan, South (Foster-Lawrence) - Plate 27E
  • Michigan-State-Wacker

  • Milwaukee (Limited) (Devon-Northwest Exp) - Plate 45
  • Milwaukee - Plate 45B
  • Monroe Parking
  • Montrose (Marquette)
  • North (Limited)

  • North-Narragansett (Montrose-Lawrence)
  • North-South RT
  • North-South RT (North Loop)
  • North-South RT (South Loop)
  • Ogden DT (Ogden)

  • Peterson (Bell & Howell)
  • Pulaski (Cicero, South)
  • Ravenswood RT
  • Roosevelt
  • Sheridan (Limited) (Depot Shuttle)

  • Skokie-Howard (71st)
  • South Chicago Exp (Milwaukee, North)
  • South Deering
  • State (Limited) (Depot Shuttle)
  • Stony Island

  • Taylor-Sheffield (Lunt-Touhy) (Bell & Howell)
  • Vincennes-111th (Express)
  • Wallace-Racine
  • Washington Exp (Depot Shuttle)
  • Wentworth (Depot Shuttle) - Plate 66

  • Wentworth (Depot Shuttle) - Plate 66B
  • Westchester (Skokie) (O'Hare)
  • Western
  • Western, North (Western, South)
  • West-Northwest RT

  • West-Northwest RT (North Loop)
  • West-Northwest RT (South Loop)
  • West-South RT
  • Wilson (Express) (Depot Shuttle) (LaSalle) (LaSalle-Sheridan Exp)
  • 35th (16th-18th)

  • 43rd-Root
  • 47th (47th, West)
  • 51st
  • 59th-61st
  • 63rd (Limited)

  • 67th-69th
  • 74th-75th (63rd, West)
  • 79th (Irving Park, West)
  • 83rd-95th
  • 87th

  • 103rd-106th (103rd, West)
  • 111th-115th



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