Loop EL stations HELP!!!

Ok...our trip is coming this weekend...so there is going to probably be lots of last minute questions from me!

First off - I do know about the cta number to call once I am in town to give me directions to what busses, EL lines, etc. to take. I feel pretty good about getting around - I%26#39;ve done it before, but it%26#39;s been a while!

Now the question - to get back to the hotel I need to be on the Blue line towards O%26#39;Hare. Let%26#39;s say I get on at the Randolph stop. Do I get on the pink line and go to the Library stop, get off and walk to the Jackson stop to get to the Blue?

Or is it not much of a walk to just go to Washington and just get on the blue from there?

I just can%26#39;t remember how far it is...the map on the cta website makes it look so close!

thanks!

Lisa

Loop EL stations HELP!!!

www.transitchicago.com has all of your answers. Call (888)YourCTA. You didin%26#39;t specify what hotel you%26#39;re staying at. The loop area is failry compact. It%26#39;s probably a very short walk to a blue line stop. The CTA map is accurate.

Loop EL stations HELP!!!

The Blue line enters downtown from the NW and runs along Dearborn Street . At the south edge of downtown, it turns and heads to the western suburbs.

If you take the pink line from Randolph, you%26#39;ll be going away from ORD, then have to backtrack. The east side of the loop runs along Wabash. It%26#39;s only two blocks from Wabash to Dearborn. Washington is 1 block south of Randolph and Lake Street is 1 block north. You can either get on the train at Washington and Dearborn or Clark/Lake

The only warning is that because of construction, the entrances to the Washington Blue Line station on the east side of Dearborn are closed If you use that station, you%26#39;ll have to enter from Daley Plaza.

You can get a transit map at either of the tourist info centers in the Water Tower or the Cultural Center. The phone number for transit info is (888)YOUR-CTA.

In my opinion, it would be easier to just walk to Washington rather than trying to deal with climbing the stairs to the platform at Randolph then taking a train just a few stops only to have to descend the stairs to the street and then again to the subway. If for some reason I was going to get on at Randolph to get to the Blue Line, I would take a train going the other way (either Brown Line or Harlem/Lake-bound Green Line) and transfer at Clark/Lake.

The Washington and State station (Serving the Red and Blue lines) is completely closed, and will be for quite a while.

The station at Clark / Lake has elevators and escalators, and serves all of the Loop elevated trains as well as the Blue Line subway. I%26#39;d consider either

a) walk to Clark / Lake in the State of Illinois building and board the Blue Line directly

or

b) take the Brown / Green line two stops from Randolph and Wabash to Clark and Lake.

Fare is the same either way.

Whoops....scratch that part about the Washington blue line station being closed. Just the Red Line station and the tunnel between the two.

I was about to say that they must have closed the Washington Blue Line station very recently, seeing as how I just used it last weekend! Even so, I would still just board the Blue Line directly at one of the stations on Dearborn rather than transfer from elevated to subway.

Thanks all for your help! I totally forgot about the direction the trains run! We will probably just walk to Washington or Clark.

I am starting to stress about this weekend...I don%26#39;t have any plans yet for resteraunts. I usually like to have things planned more, but trying to be a bit more ';loose'; this trip.

Thanks Again!!

Lisa

';I am starting to stress about this weekend...I don%26#39;t have any plans yet for resteraunts. I usually like to have things planned more, but trying to be a bit more ';loose'; this trip.';

No need to stress about the weekend. You can do dining searches at chicagoreader.com and metromix.com.