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Bus route

21 21 Cermak bus

25th Street & Michigan – North Riverside Mall

1 active alert 65 stops

Service status

NowPlanned Reroute21Temporary Reroute

Until Oct 16, 2026, 7:00 PM

How does this affect my trip?

Eastbound buses will operate via Cermak, Michigan, and 25th, ending their trips at 25th/Michigan.

Westbound buses are unaffected.

Allow extra travel time.

Why is service being changed?

Buses are rerouted due to construction at 26th/Michigan.

This alert on transitchicago.com

Alerts as published by the CTA. Data may not be real time. All lines.

Stops

To North Riverside Mall (65 stops)
  1. 25th Street & Michigan
  2. King Drive & 25th Street
  3. McCormick Place
  4. Cermak & Prairie
  5. Cermak & Michigan
  6. Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line Station
  7. Cermak & Clark (Red Line)
  8. Cermak-Chinatown Red Line Station
  9. Cermak & Archer
  10. Cermak & Canal
  11. Cermak & Lumber
  12. Cermak & Union
  13. Cermak & Halsted
  14. Cermak & Morgan
  15. Cermak & Carpenter
  16. Cermak & Racine
  17. Cermak & Throop
  18. Cermak & Loomis
  19. Cermak & Laflin
  20. Cermak & Ashland
  21. Cermak & Paulina
  22. Cermak & Wood
  23. Cermak & Wolcott
  24. Cermak & Damen
  25. Cermak & Hoyne
  26. Cermak & Leavitt
  27. Cermak & Oakley
  28. Cermak & Western
  29. Cermak & Rockwell
  30. Cermak & Washtenaw
  31. Cermak & California
  32. Cermak & Marshall Boulevard
  33. Cermak & Albany
  34. Cermak & Kedzie
  35. Cermak & Spaulding
  36. Cermak & Homan
  37. Cermak & St. Louis
  38. Cermak & Central Park
  39. Cermak & Lawndale
  40. Cermak & Hamlin
  41. Cermak & Ogden
  42. Cermak & Pulaski
  43. Cermak & Karlov
  44. Cermak & Keeler
  45. Cermak & Kildare
  46. Cermak & Kostner
  47. Cermak & Kilbourn
  48. Cermak & 47th Avenue
  49. Cermak & Cicero (Pink Line)
  50. Cermak & 49th Avenue
  51. Cermak & 50th Avenue
  52. Cermak & Laramie
  53. 54th/Cermak Pink Line Station
  54. Cermak & Central
  55. Cermak & 58th Avenue
  56. Cermak & Austin
  57. Cermak & Lombard
  58. Cermak & Ridgeland
  59. Cermak & East
  60. Cermak & Riverside Drive
  61. Cermak & Oak Park
  62. Cermak & Home
  63. Cermak & Wisconsin
  64. Cermak & Harlem
  65. North Riverside Mall
To 25th Street & Michigan (69 stops)
  1. North Riverside Mall
  2. North Riverside & Cermak
  3. 7250 W Cermak
  4. Cermak & Harlem
  5. Cermak & Wisconsin
  6. Cermak & Home
  7. Cermak & Oak Park
  8. Cermak & Riverside Drive
  9. Cermak & East
  10. Cermak & Ridgeland
  11. Cermak & Lombard
  12. Cermak & Austin
  13. Cermak & 58th Avenue
  14. Cermak & Central
  15. Cermak & 54th Avenue
  16. Cermak & Laramie (Pink Line)
  17. Cermak & 50th Avenue
  18. Cermak & 49th Avenue (Pink Line)
  19. 4632 W Cermak
  20. Cermak & Kilbourn
  21. Cermak & Kostner
  22. Cermak & Kolin
  23. Cermak & Keeler
  24. Cermak & Karlov
  25. Cermak & Pulaski
  26. Cermak & Springfield
  27. Cermak & Hamlin
  28. Cermak & Lawndale
  29. Cermak & Central Park
  30. Cermak & St. Louis
  31. Cermak & Homan
  32. Cermak & Spaulding
  33. Cermak & Kedzie
  34. Cermak & Albany
  35. Cermak & Marshall Boulevard
  36. Cermak & California
  37. Cermak & Washtenaw
  38. Cermak & Rockwell
  39. Cermak & Western
  40. Cermak & Oakley
  41. Cermak & Leavitt
  42. Cermak & Hoyne
  43. Cermak & Damen
  44. Cermak & Wolcott
  45. Cermak & Wood
  46. Cermak & Paulina
  47. Cermak & Ashland/Blue Island
  48. Cermak & Laflin
  49. Cermak & Loomis
  50. Cermak & Throop
  51. Cermak & Racine
  52. Cermak & Morgan
  53. Cermak & Halsted
  54. Cermak & Union
  55. Cermak & Lumber
  56. Cermak & Canal
  57. Cermak & Archer
  58. Cermak & Wentworth (Red Line)
  59. Cermak & Clark
  60. Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line Station
  61. Cermak & Indiana
  62. McCormick Place
  63. King Drive & 25th Street
  64. 26th Street & King Drive
  65. 26th Street & Prairie
  66. 26th Street & Indiana
  67. Michigan & 26th Street
  68. Michigan & 25th Street
  69. 25th Street & Michigan

Route map

Route shape from published schedule data; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequency & hours (scheduled)

To North Riverside Mall

WeekdaySatSun
First / last3:55 AM
11:20 PM
3:53 AM
11:22 PM
5:31 AM
11:20 PM
Morning rush (6–10 AM)every ~13 minevery ~15 minevery ~16 min
Midday (10 AM–4 PM)every ~12 minevery ~16 minevery ~16 min
Evening rush (4–8 PM)every ~14 minevery ~15 minevery ~18 min
Evening (8 PM–midnight)every ~18 minevery ~22 minevery ~22 min
Late night (midnight–6 AM)every ~30 minevery ~45 minevery ~180 min
Trips per day897463
End-to-end time1 hr 5 min1 hr 4 min59 min

To Mercy Hospital

WeekdaySatSun
First / last4:14 AM
12:14 AM
4:11 AM
12:14 AM
5:50 AM
12:16 AM
Morning rush (6–10 AM)every ~13 minevery ~18 minevery ~18 min
Midday (10 AM–4 PM)every ~14 minevery ~16 minevery ~17 min
Evening rush (4–8 PM)every ~13 minevery ~14 minevery ~15 min
Evening (8 PM–midnight)every ~15 minevery ~16 minevery ~18 min
Late night (midnight–6 AM)every ~45 minevery ~51 minevery ~180 min
Trips per day877465
End-to-end time1 hr 9 min1 hr 6 min58 min

Average interval from the published schedule for reference dates Oct 20, 2026, Oct 17, 2026, Oct 18, 2026; planned work and holidays can change service. “—” = fewer than two trips in that period. Schedule data updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:56 AM CT.

Fare

$2.25 per ride with a Ventra Card, a contactless bank card or a phone wallet, with up to two more rides within two hours; $2.50 in cash, with no transfers. See fares & Ventra.