West loop... Going…read moreto have breakfast at Lou Mitchell's since it's at the beginning of Route 66 and is walking distance from here the station that I was surprised to see a ramp as I exited the train versus a bunch of stairs but don't get me wrong there are stairs but elevator as well it's just the simple convenience is always appreciated. Thank you!

CTA has a station at Clinton. It provides convenient access to downtown. Lots of ways to get around…read morefrom here. Kind of clean compared to others so that's good. There's access to plenty of other trains. Best thing is the convenience. It serves the Green and Pink Lines. The station is pretty clean for the most part. Above ground so it has the cleaner air. This is also located next to Ogilvie Transportation Center, so you can get on Metra and change systems. Has good things about it. It's one of the better stations. There's usually trains coming pretty often weekdays and even weekends.

This place is very clean and well-maintained. There is always a friendly security guard at the…read moreentrance station who greets me in the morning. Yes, it gets packed, but what do you want the CTA to do about that? If it is unbearable, there are stops directly north and stop to try out as well. For me, I have found that going in earlier you can beat the crowd. Of course, this is contingent upon you have the flexibility in your work schedule to do so, but if I board at around 6-6:30 AM, there are ample seats to choose from. In response to reviews that only a few people use this stop, I am not sure what you're talking about as I have been shoulder-to-shoulder with commuters around rush hour time... So just pretty perplexed about that. Moreover, the platform is clean and well-maintained and the neighborhood is very friendly. I have met several kind people on the platform, especially when I first moved here and needed help with directions. Very safe, well-maintained, and in a lively neighborhood. The Shawarma Stop was even giving out falafel when I got off the other day!

CTA has a stop on Wellington that gets total ass busy. It really gets crazy at rush hour, so forget…read moreit. Lots of trains coming through but no room. Blame it on the hipsters. They be fucking things all up. A lot of stops all together around here. It serves the Brown and Purple Lines. This is between the Diversey and Belmont stops. Literally a few blocks away. This makes the trains go slower. It's a waste mostly and there's not much use for it. There's not that much farther to go if you aren't lazy. Has the Illinois Masonic Hospital. It's why this stop exists, if you're interested. There's still no need for this many stops together.

Roundtrip to Chicago: 44 bones, or clams, or... whatever you call them…read more Free wifi! Works... okay. Hiawatha service MKE --- CHI: MKE, Mitchell International, Sturnavent, Glenview, CHI (and flip it up, switch it up on the way back... in reverse order) Comfortable, easy, awesome, cheap. Also: a total win for those traveling to/from MKE, especially if you're visiting CHI and you're coming from MKE, because CHI has lots of awesome public transit, unlike MKE. Traintimez! Choo choo.

I'd say this is the best station on this metra line outside of Union Station, probably because it's…read morealso an amtrak stop. It's got everything you need while you wait for your train including two bathrooms, outlets to charge phones and devices, and access to food options nearby. It's fairly clean inside and sometimes they have donated books available as well.

I love this stop!…read more It's central for a casual walk, kept very clean, has lots of dining and shopping places, and is well lit with very specific directions about where you are in relation to where you want to be. The blue line for me is the loudest line and I more often than not feel very uncomfortable taking it, but the Damen stop itself makes up for the crappy ride.

Nice stop for Wicker Park shops. There's a diagonal street, Milwaukee, so you get 6 corners, 3…read morestreets converging and going on opposite directions. This place can be crowded. So be forewarned.

Don't get me wrong, Granville is fine, only as several others have noted, it's just really freakin'…read morenarrow! The only way in or out is on the north side, and if you're exiting, the path you have to walk can only fit people single file, unless someone wants to take the chance and tip-toe the blue safety line (definitely do not recommend). Otherwise, the station is reasonably clean. A pressure washing wouldn't really hurt, but there is no trash or 'other' waste to be found. There is a large cover that extends over the platform and part of the tracks to offer protection from the elements, and areas with electric heaters for those winter months. There are also a handful of benches and ample signage with arrival times. Some other features of this station include an up escalator, an elevator free of foul smells (only a little chlorine), a bike rike, and a large mural. The station also appears to be staffed during peak hours. Finally, I appreciate that the station is very well lit at night. Thus, Granville is not my favorite stop on the red line due to its size. However, with the worst thing being a slight queue to exit, Granville gets an A-OK in my book.

This station is conveniently located in the heart of Edgewater, and CTA personnel do a pretty good…read morejob of keeping the station clean. However, as others have noted, the platform is very narrow, and unlike other nearby stations (such as Thorndale or Wilson), Granville has only one entrance and exit, which is on the north side of the platform. This results in a two-way bottleneck of people entering and exiting the station. Unfortunately this problem has become much worse since last May, when the station's lone escalator was taken out of service for repairs. This has forced both entering and exiting passengers to use the same narrow stairwell. Repairs to the escalator were originally promised to be finished by July, then the contractor pushed the date back to end of August. When August came and went, the contractor once again changed the completion date to mid-September. Mid-September came and went, and the contractor changed the completion date yet again to Oct. 31, 2023 (...beginning to see a pattern here?) It's now Nov 8th and the sign shows November 15, 2023 as the completion date, but nobody around here is holding their breath. You get used to this sort of nonsense living in a place like Chicago (who wants to make a bet that the project won't be done by next Wednesday as promised? I'll offer generous odds). CTA has posted signage explaining why their escalators need repairs and refurbishment, and I get it. However, the signage only explains why the repairs need to be made, it does not explain why the project has taken so long to complete and why the contractor has continually pushed back their own forecasted completion date. I'm sure the contractor will offer up some lame excuse that they had to order a special part from Taiwan which is taking months to be shipped in. I don't mind the length of time that the repairs are taking, what I do mind is that the contractor continually dangles and then revises their project completion date. Alas, this is what happens when you use union labor. There are no consequences for half-assing the job as the union will protect its members time and time again for missing deadlines which would land any private sector worker into serious trouble. You can't blame the CTA though, because if they were to hire a non-union outfit, a bunch of those overpaid union guys would be picketing outside all the CTA stations with that giant inflatable rat. So to avoid this, they just give in. This is your "Welcome to Chicago" moment, folks. The same exact thing happened at O'Hare Airport when the ATS trains were taken offline back in 2019. The project was originally supposed to take just eight months, but the contractor kept continually pushing back the completion date, and it took almost three years before the ATS trains were back up and running. And they pathetically tried to use the pandemic as the excuse for the delays, when in fact the delays began occurring long before the pandemic or lockdowns. Sheesh. No wonder why Jack and Bobby Kennedy hated unions so much.

Nice station! Good access to lots of areas of interest. Clean nice station. No complaintsread more

We took the Chicago Transit Authority blue line or the L short for elevated line. We purchased a…read moreticket for a ride at $2.50 from a machine, there was $1 fee for each transaction. We could have bought a day pass or commuter pass. We walked up the steps up to the track & saw when our train was coming then boarded. The station & our car reeked of urine & marijuana. Returning home after dark there was a police presence, we passed 6 officers & a ferocious muzzled police dog. The area around the station looked less threatening. The system is from 1892 & more manageable than NYC. There are 8 lines, each a different color, 142 stations, 1,480 cars & 102 miles of track. In 2024, the system had 127,463,400 rides, or about 422,200 on weekdays. It's the 3rd busiest subway in the country after the NYC & Washington DC.

This is the convenient Pink line station off of Polk. My friend lives off of Ashland and Harrison…read moreby the Eisenhower and I always thought it was close to the red line. I guess this is closer and much more convenient. Nice small stop with a Dunkin Donuts. Catch the quick and normally quiet pink line to the loop.

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.

My husband and I took the L train during our weeklong stay in Chicago. Grand is an underground…read moretrain station run by the CTA. It's on the Red line, which is one of the lines that runs 24/7. Grand station was the closest to the hotel where we stayed, so we often went to this one whenever we traveled to further neighborhoods in the city. It's a busy station and very reminiscent of the NYC subway.

The CTA in Chicago in general is pretty good for getting around, especially to and from the airport…read morein my opinion. I think it's slightly nicer than the NYC subway, but not by much. The platforms really look similar, and are pretty easy to navigate. There is usually a staff member in the help booth and they're pretty nice if you're confused (I had to ask one of them a question the first time I rode the CTA). Overall, I think the number of stops/lines available is pretty good; it's not quite as good as NYC or other countries e.g. Seoul, SK -- but if you're staying downtown for instance, you can get around pretty easily and to/from the airport with minimal walking to get to a nearby station and either connect to or go direct to the airport. I'm very glad the CTA is available as an option for visitors and folks who live here since parking is paid almost everywhere, and definitely limited (especially downtown!).