Purple Line
We do not have a detailed description for this route.
For more information, visit https://www.transitchicago.com/purpleline/.
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
Elevator at Fullerton Temporarily Out-of-Service
The Howard, Kimball and Linden bound platform elevator at Fullerton (Red, Brown, Purple 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.
Stations Served
This route stops at Adams/Wabash, Armitage, Belmont, Central-Purple, Chicago-Brown, Clark/Lake (Elevated), Davis, Dempster, Diversey, Foster, Fullerton, Harold Washington Library, Howard, LaSalle/Van Buren, Linden, Main, Merchandise Mart, Noyes, Quincy, Sedgwick, South Boulevard, State/Lake, Washington/Wabash, Washington/Wells, Wellington, Wilson-North Outer and Wilson-South Outer.
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