How do you ride the L around the loop?

I%26#39;ve read that riding the L around The Loop would be fun for the kids. How do you do this? Looking at the CTA map it looks like it makes a loop and then goes towards the North again. If we board at Madison or Randolph, for example, after seeing Millenium Park, will we be able to go around and end at the same point or maybe get off at Washington and take a Wendella river taxi to River East Plaza.

How do you ride the L around the loop?

Two easy ways.

Board a Brown Line (which goes ';counter-clockwise';) and ride until it leaves the Loop, next stop Merchandise Mart. At Merchandise Mart you can cross over to the other platform and get another Brown Line, which will end up where you started. You have a nice view over the Chicago River before and after Merchandise Mart.

Or, board an Orange Line (which goes ';clockwise';) and ride IT until it leaves the Loop, next stop Roosevelt Road. Then just get a return Orange Line train on the other side of the platform.

On Saturday mornings you can take a free Loop Tour Train, that starts at Randolph %26amp; Wabash and makes 3 circles around the Loop. It is free but tickets are required; get them at the Cultural Center (Randolph %26amp; Michigan). This is a guided tour with commentary, so a good choice if your kids will be quiet and listen. If they%26#39;re chatty, better to just ride a ';normal'; train as described above.

How do you ride the L around the loop?

Actually, if you wanted to just keep going around the loop in a circle, board a Pink Line train at either Madison or Randolph and take that to Washington. At Washington, transfer to an Orange Line train. So long as you transfer from Orange to Pink before Adams and from Pink to Orange before Washington you could ride around the loop until the trains stop running.

%26lt;%26lt; f you wanted to just keep going around the loop in a circle, board a Pink Line train at either Madison or Randolph and take that to Washington. %26gt;%26gt;

Great idea! Only suggestion would be to change on Quincy instead of Washington, because the Quincy station is a showpiece: it%26#39;s been restored to its 1897 appearance, including woodwork, tin ceilings, and even vintage ads.

Thanks! Just one last question, I hope I can explain this. When going from Orange to Pink and vicecersa, do we need to go upstairs/downstairs at the station or will we find the other color line where we%26#39;re standing? Will we need another ticket? First time using a train system.

Orange to Pink is simple: just get off the one train, and wait for the other, in exactly the same place. You do not need to go anywhere, they are on the same platform.

If you used my earlier suggestion to change at Merchandise Mart, you would have to cross over to the other side via a stairway. (But the Orange/Pink idea is better...) Either way, no extra ticket or fare required.

Great! Thanks again.

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Just a fyi, there was/is a Loop Tour train too. Either try the above link or do a search (above left) with LOOP TOUR TRAIN.