CTA’s holiday train and bus are coming to town.
This year’s freshly redecorated CTA holiday bus hits the road Nov. 25, traveling across 19 routes though Dec. 20. The holiday train hits the rails from Nov. 28 through Dec. 22.
Find the full schedule, and days for photo opportunities with Santa, at transitchicago.com/holiday
The holiday train features six decorated passenger railcars and one open flatcar carrying Santa in his sleigh. The holiday bus has a new gingerbread house-themed layout with a Gingerbread Court with Santa’s chair in the rear of the bus.
The holiday train traces its roots to the Blue Line in 1992, when a Season’s Greetings sign was placed on the front of an out-of-service train used to deliver food to various charities, according to the CTA.
Find the holiday train tracker at transitchicago.com/traintracker/ and holiday bus tracker at transitchicago.com/holidaybustracker/
Train schedule:
- Green Line — Nov. 28, 29, Dec. 2
- Orange Line — Nov. 28, Dec. 2-6
- Brown Line — Dec. 3-6
- Pink Line — Dec. 9-10, 13
- Blue Line — Dec. 11-13
- Red Line — Dec. 16, 18, 20
- Purple Line — Dec. 17, 19, 20
- Yellow Line — Dec. 22
Bus schedule:
- No. 56 Milwaukee — Nov. 25, 26
- No. 22 Clark — Nov. 28, 29
- No. 97 Skokie — Nov. 29
- No. 91 Austin — Nov. 30
- No. 81 Lawrence — Nov. 30
- No. 74 Fullerton — Dec. 2
- No. 53 Pulaski — Dec. 3
- No. 20 Madison — Dec. 4
- No. 126 Jackson — Dec. 5
- No. 12 Roosevelt — Dec. 6
- No. 62 Archer — Dec. 9
- No. 49 Western — Dec. 10
- No. 79 79th — Dec. 11
- No. 3 King Drive — Dec. 12
- No. 4 Cottage Grove — Dec. 13
- No. 28 Stony Island — Dec. 16
- No. J14 Jeffrey Jump — Dec. 17
- No. 6 Jackson Park — Dec. 18
- No. 29 State — Dec. 19, 20
