It was an easy walk from my hotel to the Millennium station to catch a train to the Obama center…read more It was such an easy process to get the train tix because the staff at the station were very helpful. There was even some stationed at the kiosk to purchase the tix to assist if needed. He also directed us to the correct area to catch the train and let us know what time the train was arriving.

this place sucks. We asked one simple question when the trains were down and they gave us wrong…read moredirections and then we got stranded in the middle of a not good place. Wth

CTA has an L station on 35th in Bronzeville. It's on the Green Line. Providing another stop for…read moreWhite Sox games, this also is the stop for Illinois Institute Of Technology. Better known as IIT, this is a busier stop when school there is happening The Bronzeville neighborhood also has lots of black owned businesses and other things going on. Go here to avoid the busier trains a few blocks away. It serves the Green Line. The Red Line gets horribly busy for White Sox games so this is a much better way to get in and out. For IIT students this is the stop closest to it. This gets busy when school is in session. Also close to here is a Metra station so you have another transportation choice. The trains run fairly often so no wait for long. Has an outdoor platform meaning there's fresh air. It's mostly clean compared to around here. The station is mostly safe and there's usually no bad smells.

CTA RAPID TRANSIT JUST ROCKS! The Green Line gets you…read moreDowntown from Sox Park quicker than the Red Line. Worth the two block walk to avoid the Red Line crowd. Bronzeville ROCKS!!

This review is for the pink line 18th street station in Pilsen - it is so cool! There is beautiful…read moreartwork everywhere in the station, on the walls, stairs etc... just like the murals/graffiti in the surrounding community. Definitely check it out if you're ever making a visit for some delicious Hispanic food (recommend Carnitas Uruapan and Panadería Nuevo León nearby) and the National Museum of Mexican Art is a few blocks as well.

Stayed in Little Italy for a long weekend, and this Pink train line (54th and Cermak) was the…read moreabsolute perfect way to get downtown. Just a few block walk up to Polk Street (UIC Medical District). Felt very safe on the platform and on the train, well lit at night for the return trip. Trains every 8 to 10 minutes. It deposited us at Washington and Wabash, just a mere block away from the Mag Mile and Millenium Park, dead center of the Lakefront. A mere five bucks a day for unlimited riding. Also a very courteous and informative CTA employee, who was very patient with us out-of-towners.

CTA has a stop on the Loop at LaSalle and Van Buren. It has pretty convenient access to other modes…read moreof transportation which is nice. Of course it gets busy but there's trains coming often. Located near a few top attractions. There's Amtrak and Metra where you can make transfers. It can be found on the south side of the Loop close to some other systems you can conveniently access. It serves the Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. The times each of these operates varies. Brown goes counterclockwise. The others go clockwise so be sure to be on the correct side of the platform. For the Brown, stand on the north. The others are on the south. Close proximity to Metra is right by here. This is only a few blocks to walk to if you're coming or going from it. Also know the Purple is a limited extension. It's only on weekdays at rush hour. This is located really close to the LaSalle Metra station.

Some Stations should stay in the past! (with necessary maintenance for safety) Height of the Maze…read moreshows you that humans were shorter then. It would be funny when a sign shows up for Height Clearance so tall humans don't hit their head. *Boink!* Beware, you may get lost in this dinky station. *lol*

Good place to get off from Brown line to get to the heart of the loop before it circles around.read more

Cool subway station located within the famous Loop…read more My hunny, and a few friends and I were able to get off the Orange Line at this stop and walk to our hotel 5 minutes away. This train line stop is convenient to many hotels, and attractions in downtown Chicago. Thanks Chicago for making public transportation safe, convenient, and affordable.

CTA has an L station on Damen. It's not the one you're thinking of, but the one on the Brown Line…read more Of course, this one is a lot quieter. Even though there's not as much going on, there's some things worth checking out if you're around here. There's some nice bars and restaurants. About the best thing to say about it is that it's a classic. It serves the Brown Line. The station has a hell ton of stairs. It's a bitch to climb. Of course at the top of it you have some good views. It's one of the best ways to get to Ravenswood. There's a few bars and restaurants close to it that don't have the crowds like the Blue Line station. Also check out the suitcase furniture. There's nothing like sitting on a wooden suitcase, that's for sure. Besides the nearly endless stairs, this station is a favorite. It maintains history while slightly modernizing. The only thing is there's often some kind of track issue so it can take awhile waiting for trains.

A nice historic L stop that is wonderful when it's not rush hour and the weather is pleasant. The…read moreneighborhood around here has changed so much over my lifetime but the station is a constant. Much safer now than decades ago. The climb seems steeper than before but of course it's me that's changed. As with elsewhere, CTA employees are unfriendly and disinterested at best, hostile and loathing more typically.

I take the blue line at Belmont every day to go to work. I live close by so it is a pretty quick…read morecommute to get from here to the station. This station is better than most as it is underground and has a cover on the above ground area so that on days when it's raining, you won't get soaked coming out of the station. It definitely needs an upgrade soon as there is rust and mold in many areas in the station. If you're looking to go to O'Hare, I would definitely recommend taking the blue line.

There is no accessible entrance, only stairs and upwards escalators. There is only one exit and…read moreentrance unlike other stations where there are 2 exit points on each end. I like this station it's small and easy to go in and out.

CTA has a station at 47th Street and it's not bad. It actually is pretty nice and clean. With the…read moreoutdoor platform there's very few bad smells. Even though the area isn't great it's not all bad or anything. The trains get here every few minutes. It seems to be one of the better stations in the area. It serves the Red Line. This also has great access to busses as many come to the bus stops just outside the entrance of this elevated station. It's also clean. There's not that bad smell like at underground stations. Also this above ground station gives you a good view of the surrounding area. This happens to be in the middle of the Dan Ryan Expressway so you can see cars whizz by and maybe see crashes or something else interesting. Good as far as transit stations go. It's cleaner than most others around here. This is mostly quiet except for the traffic and it's for the most part safe.

Three things cause me to evangelize…read more 1. Living the car-free lifestyle 2. Seamlessly integrating useful technology into people's lives without adding more clutter or useless, expensive gadgets. 3. A Genoa salami sandwich on sourdough bread with brown mustard and lettuce. For the purposes of this review, we are going to concentrate on #1 and 2. Though eating the #3 sandwich while riding the Red line somewhere interesting would be great too. I don't usually use the 47th street station, riding to Garfield instead on my weekly trek down to the U of C campus. Today, flush with the pheromones of change, I took a different bus route home that took me to the 47th street station. This station was clean, neat and extremely well lit. In front, near the bus waiting area, was a giant flat screen showing the CTA bus tracker arrival schedule for the routes that serve this station - CTA Buses #15, #24, #47, #51. Beautiful! Walking inside the station, was another flat screen TV showing Red line northbound and southbound arrivals. Mon dieu! This is a beautiful thing for People Like Me that have not scurried down the iPhone rabbit hole just yet. Both of these TVs worked, and were *not* splattered with effluvial swill!! In my happiness at seeing this efficiency, I dared to dream that all Red line stations would be quickly outfitted with these features - yet wistfully wondered how long it would be before the screens got broken and/or stolen. But at any rate . . . this station is a score for the CTA.