Pink Line
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Current Service Alerts
State/Lake Elevated Station Temporary Closure
How does this affect my trip?
Effective, Monday, January 5, 2026, the State/Lake Loop Elevated station will temporarily close.
Please use the accessible Clark/Lake or Washington/Wabash stations, located within a few blocks of the State/Lake station. To transfer between the Red Line at Lake station and the Loop ‘L’ lines, use Washington/Wabash.
Why is service being changed?
The new State/Lake elevated station is scheduled to open in 2029. It will replace one of the oldest stations on the CTA rail system with a modern facility designed to improve safety, accessibility, and comfort for all riders.
Recently Resolved Service Alerts
Loop Elevated Line Delays
Loop Elevated (Green, Orange, Brown, and Pink) Line trains are running w/residual delays following an earlier door problem at Harold Washington Library.
Some trains and platforms may be busier than usual as crews work to restore normal service.
Trains are moving and normal service is being restored.
Allow extra travel time.
Loop Elevated Service Delayed at Harold Washington Library
Elevated Loop trains are standing at Harold Washington Library due to a door problem.
Consider other service alternatives that may serve your trip, such as nearby bus routes or using buses to other rail lines.
These may include:
#2 Hyde Park Express
#6 Jackson Park Express
#29 State
Personnel are working to restore service. Allow extra travel time.
Loop Elevated Service Delayed at Harold Washington Library
Elevated Loop trains are standing at Harold Washington Library due to a door problem.
Consider other service alternatives that may serve your trip, such as nearby bus routes or using buses to other rail lines.
Personnel are working to restore service. Allow extra travel time.
Elevator at Ashland/Lake Temporarily Out-of-Service
An elevator needed to access the 63rd- and Loop-bound platform at Ashland (Green, Pink Lines) is temporarily out-of-service.
Our crews are working to assess the repair time for this elevator—this alert will be updated with additional information if/when we can estimate its return to service.
Crews are working to return this elevator to service as quickly as possible.
Learn more about the work we do to maintain, repair and upgrade elevators.
Stations Served
This route stops at 18th, 54th/Cermak, Adams/Wabash, Ashland-Lake, California-Cermak, Central Park, Cicero-Cermak, Clark/Lake (Elevated), Clinton-Green, Damen-Cermak, Harold Washington Library, Kedzie-Cermak, Kostner, LaSalle/Van Buren, Morgan, Polk, Pulaski-Cermak, Quincy, State/Lake, Washington/Wabash, Washington/Wells and Western-Cermak.
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