29 CTA bus routes round Chicago will quickly see extra service, particularly on weekdays; extra L trains being added later in spring

CHICAGO (WLS) — Extra CTA bus service is coming quickly on 29 routes across the metropolis, the Chicago Transit Authority introduced Wednesday.

Many of the new service might be throughout weekdays, with additional Saturday service on the 77 Belmont bus and 81 Lawrence bus.

Beginning on March 29, bus routes will return to almost pre-COVID scheduled service ranges, the company mentioned. CTA mentioned they’re concentrating on a wide range of routes which have skilled robust ridership restoration.

The routes that may see extra frequent service in spring 2024 are:

#3 King Drive

#8 Halsted

#9 Ashland

#X9 Ashland Categorical

#20 Madison

#29 State

#36 Broadway

#49B North Western

#50 Damen

#52 Kedzie

#52A South Kedzie

#53 Pulaski

#54 Cicero

#55 Garfield

#60 Blue Island/twenty sixth

#66 Chicago

#70 Division

#71 71st/South Shore

#72 North

#75 74th-Seventy fifth

#77 Belmont

#79 79th

#81 Lawrence

#82 Kimball-Homan

#85 Central

#90 Harlem

#111 eleventh/King Drive

#115 Pullman/one hundred and fifteenth

#155 Devon

The CTA mentioned they anticipate so as to add rail service on the L within the late spring and summer season, particularly in the course of the AM and PM rush durations on weekdays, alongside the Pink, Inexperienced, Brown and Purple Strains, in addition to the O’Hare department of the Blue Line as new operators full their coaching.