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This page lists the 124 CTA bus routes in the current timetables. Open a route for its stops, schedule and service alerts, then a stop for its next buses.

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Routes with the most scheduled trips

The ten routes with the most scheduled trips in the current timetable.

79 79 79th
66 66 Chicago
9 9 Ashland
53 53 Pulaski
20 20 Madison
63 63 63rd
77 77 Belmont
82 82 Kimball/Homan
72 72 North
49 49 Western

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Bus routes (124)

1 1 Bronzeville/Union Station
2 2 Hyde Park Express
3 3 King Drive
4 4 Cottage Grove
6 6 Jackson Park Express
7 7 Harrison
8 8 Halsted
8A 8A South Halsted
9 9 Ashland
10 10 Obama Presidential Center/Museum of Science & Industry Express
11 11 Lincoln
12 12 Roosevelt
15 15 Jeffery Local
18 18 16th/18th
20 20 Madison
21 21 Cermak
22 22 Clark
24 24 Wentworth
26 26 South Shore Express
28 28 Stony Island
29 29 State
30 30 South Chicago
31 31 31st
34 34 South Michigan
35 35 31st/35th
36 36 Broadway
37 37 Sedgwick
39 39 Pershing
43 43 43rd
44 44 Wallace/Racine
47 47 47th
48 48 South Damen
49 49 Western
49B 49B North Western
50 50 Damen
51 51 51st
52 52 Kedzie
52A 52A South Kedzie
53 53 Pulaski
53A 53A South Pulaski
54 54 Cicero
54A 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.
54B 54B South Cicero
55 55 Garfield
55A 55A 55th/Austin
55N 55N 55th/Narragansett
56 56 Milwaukee
57 57 Laramie
59 59 59th/61st
60 60 Blue Island/26th
62 62 Archer
62H 62H Archer/Harlem
63 63 63rd
63W 63W West 63rd
65 65 Grand
66 66 Chicago
67 67 67th/69th/71st
68 68 Northwest Highway
70 70 Division
71 71 71st/South Shore
72 72 North
73 73 Armitage
74 74 Fullerton
75 75 74th/75th
76 76 Diversey
77 77 Belmont
78 78 Montrose
79 79 79th
80 80 Irving Park
81 81 Lawrence
81W 81W West Lawrence
82 82 Kimball/Homan
84 84 Peterson
85 85 Central
85A 85A North Central
86 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland
87 87 87th
88 88 Higgins
90 90 Harlem
91 91 Austin
92 92 Foster
93 93 California/Dodge
94 94 California
95 95 95th
96 96 Lunt
97 97 Skokie
100 100 Jeffery Manor Express
103 103 West 103rd
106 106 East 103rd
108 108 Halsted/95th
111 111 111th/King Drive
111A 111A Pullman Shuttle
112 112 Vincennes/111th
115 115 Pullman/115th
119 119 Michigan/119th
120 120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express
121 121 Union/Streeterville Express
124 124 Navy Pier
125 125 Water Tower Express
126 126 Jackson
134 134 Stockton/LaSalle Express
135 135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express
136 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express
143 143 Stockton/Michigan Express
146 146 Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Express
147 147 Outer DuSable Lake Shore Express
148 148 Clarendon/Michigan Express
151 151 Sheridan
152 152 Addison
155 155 Devon
156 156 LaSalle
157 157 Streeterville/Taylor
165 165 West 65th
169 169 69th/UPS Express
171 171 U. of Chicago/Hyde Park
172 172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood
192 192 University of Chicago Hospitals Express
201 201 Central/Ridge
206 206 Evanston Circulator
J14 J14 Jeffery Jump
N5 N5 South Shore Night Bus
X4 X4 Cottage Grove Express
X9 X9 Ashland Express
X49 X49 Western Express

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