RTA Service Guide First Edition
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r r r f Regional Transportation Authority _ .·- _::_ __ ,,. - --- --- - - - -- ·-- - --- f ( RTA SERVICE GUIIE I FIRST EDITICN 1 l l l Published By Regional Transportation Authority Advertising and Consumer Infer.nation Department l 300 North State Street l Chicago, Illinois 60610 l October 1, 1977 r r RTA SERVICE GUIDE r FIRST EDITION r TABLE OF CONTENTS l Introduction RTA Six-County Suburban Index--By County Sec I r Key Sec II RTA Six-county Suburban Index--Alphabetical Sec III Public Transportation to High Schools and Junior High Schools Sec IV Public Transportation to Colleges and Universities Sec V Public Transportation to Hospitals Sec VI Public Transportation to Shopping Centers Sec VII Public Transportation to Cemeteries Sec VIII Public Transportation to Amusement Parks Sec IX Airports, Direct Service Sec X l Suburban Bus Service Into Loop Sec XI Free Publications Available from RTA Sec XII l l L r ( f INTRODUCTION The RTA Service Guide has been developed as a comprehensive guide to transit services for the six RTA counties. Its various sections pro vide information on bus and train service throughout the region. Using Section L in the Guide, it is possible to determine the county in which any municipality is located. In Sections II and III, the individual RTA carriers serving any community can be determined. Other sections list many places and th~ individual routes which serve them. Separate listings are given for Shopping Centers, High Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, Cemeteries, Airports and Amusement Parks. Further information: For specific information on routes and schedules, call the RTA. Telephone Services 24 hours a day In Chicago Call: 836-7000 In Suburbs Call: 800-972-7000 toll free Or write RTA Consumer Service Center, Dept. A, 300 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610. When calling or wri ting, please specify which map or timetable you wish, or tell us where your trip will start and end. l l l L L SECTION I RTA SIX-COUNTY SUBURBAN INDEX -- BY COUNTY r COOK Hodgkins Indian Head Park *North Justice r La Grange Arlington Heights La Grange Park Bartlett Lyons Des Plaines Maywood Elk Grove Village McCook Evanston Melrose Park Glencoe Norridge Glenview Northlake Golf North Riverside Hoffman Estates Oak Park rverness River Forest Kenilworth River Grove Lincolnwood Riverside r Morton Grove Rosemont Mount Prospect Schiller Park Niles Summit Northbrook Westchester Northfield Western Springs Palatine Willow Springs Park Ridge Willow Springs Prospect Heights Rolling Meadows Schaumburg *South Skokie Spaulding Alsip Streamwood Blue Island Wheeling Burnham Wilmette Calumet City Winnetka Calumet Park Chicago Heights Chicago Ridge *West Country Club Hills Countryside Argo Crestwood Bedford Park Dixmoor Bellwood Dolton Berkeley East Chicago Heights Berwyn East Hazel Crest Bridgeview Evergreen Park Broadway Flossmoor l Brookfield Glenwood Burbank Harvey Cicero Hastings l Elmwood Park Hazel Crest Forest Park Hickory Hills Forest View Hometown Franklin Park Hometown l Harwood Heights Lemont Hillside Lynwood lI L r SECTION II KEY r Counties: Cook (C) DuPage (D) Will (W) Lake (L) Kane (K) McHenry (M ) r Railroads Amtrak A Burlington Northern BN Chicago and North Western CNW Con Rail CR Illinois Central Gulf ICG f Milwaukee Road MR Norfolk and Western NW Rock Island RI South Shore SS Bus Operators Chicago Transit Authority l Nor tran 200 West Towns 300 South Suburban Safeway 350 Suburban Transit 380 Bensenville 400 Wilmette 420 South Suburban Safeway 450 l Downers Grove 460 l Highland Park 470 Joliet 500 l Niles 510 l l r Aurora 520 Elgin 540 r I Waukegan-North Chicago 560 r Northwestern Transit 600 Great Lake 610 Northbrook 620 r I Elmhurst 640 Glen Ellyn 650 Westmont 660 Lombard 670 Naperville 680 Fox River Valley 800 Kane Co. Country Bus 810 Ridge Runner 820 Swift 830 Chicago & Calumet District 900 East Chicago 910 Gary 920 Geneva Lake Area 950 Others Greyhound GR Continental c l O'Hare-Wisconsin ow Peoria-Rockford PR I l Tri-State T Indian Trails IT L Indiana Motor Bus IMB Continental Trailways CT - 2 - SECTION III r RTA SIX-COUNTY SUBURBAN INDEX - ALPHABETICAL TOWN CARRIER, OR NEAREST TOWN WITH SERVICE Addison (D) 300, GR, also to Wood Dale or Elmhurst Alden (M) To Harvard Algonquin (M) OW, also to Crystal Lake or Cary Almara (K) To Elgin Alsip (C) 1, 350, 380, T Andres (W) To Mokena or Matteson l Antioch (L) OW, also to Fox Lake Argo (C) 1, 300, 830 Arlington Heights (C) CNW (Arlington Heights, Arlington Park), 200 Aurora (K) BN (Aurora), 520, 800, 810, A, C, CT Baldmond (K) To Geneva Ballow (W) To Joliet Bannockburn (L) To Deerfield Barrington (L) CNW (Barrington) Barrington Hills (L) To Barrington or Fox River Grove Bartlett (C) MR (Bartlett) Batavia (K) CNW (Geneva via 800) , 800 Beach Station (L) 560, to Waukegan or Zion Bedford Park (C) 1, (Englewood), 380, 830 Beecher (W) GR, also to Crete Belden (M) To Richmond Bellwood (C) CNW (Bellwood, Melrose Park) , 1 (Congress) , 300 ( Bensenville (D) MR (Bensenville) , 400 Berkeley {C) CNW (Berkeley) , 300 Berwyn (C) BN (La Vergne, Berwyn Harlem Av), 1, Douglas), 300, 810, CT Big Foot (M) To Harvard { Big Rock (K) To Aurora Blodgett (W) To Joliet Bloomingdale (D) CNW (Glen Ellyn via 650), 650, GR Blue Island (C) RI (119th & Vincennes, Prairie, Vermont), ICG (Blue Island) , 350 Bolingbrook (W) BN (Lisle via 820), 820, 832 Bowes (K) To Elgin Braidwood (W) To Joliet Bridgeview (C) NW (Oak Lawn via 380) , 380 Brisbane (W) To New Lenox Broadview (C) CNW (Melrose Park, Maywood via 300), 1 (Congress) via 300) , 300 Brookfield (C) BN (Hollywood) Brookfield, Congress Park) , 300 Buffalo Grove (L) CNW (Arlington Hts. via 200), 200 Burbank (C) 1, 380 I Burlington (K) To Elgin \ Burnham (C) SS (Hegewisch via 350) , 350 Burr Ridge (D) To Hinsdale or Willow Springs Burton's Ridge (M) To Crystal Lake Calumet City (C) ICG (Ivanhoe via 350, Harvey via 350), l SS (Hegewisch via 350) , 350 Calumet Park (C) ICG (Ashland Ave., Burr Oaks), 350 l Camp Logan (L) To Winthrop Harbor L TOWN CARRIER, OR NEAREST TOWN WITH SERVICE Carney Corner (L) To Winthrop Harbor Carol Stream (D) To Wheaton Carpentersville (K) To Elgin Cary (M) CNW (Cary) Caton Farm (W) To Joliet f Channahon (W) To Joliet Channel Lake (L) To Antioch Chemeng (M) To Harvard Chenney Hills (W) RI (Joliet via 500) I ICG (Joliet via 500) 500 Chicago Heights (C) ICG (2llth St. via 350, Calumet via 350) , 350, GR, T Chicago Ridge (C) NW (Chicago Ridge), 380 r Cicero (C) BN (Cicero, Clyde), 1 (Douglas), 300, 831, 832 Clarendon Hills (D) BN (Clarendon Hills, 660 Cora (M) GR . , also to Crystal Lake Country Club Hills (C) To Homewood or Flossmoor Countryside (C) 832 I 300 Counes (W) To Joliet Crest Hill (W) ICG (Joliet via 500) I 500, 832 Crestwood (C) ICG (Blue Island via 350) , 350, 380 Crete (W) ICG (2llth St. via 350) , 350 Crystal Lake (M) CNW (Crystal Lake) , 950 I , Custer Park (W) To Joliet Darien (D) 660 Deerfield (L) MR (Deerfield) , 200, 470, c Deer Park (L) To Lake Zurich or Barrington 1 Des Plaines (C) CNW (Des Plaines, Cumberland) , 200, GR Diamond Lake (L) To Mundelein Dixmoor (C) ICG (Harvey via 350) , 350 Dolton (C) ICG (Ivanhoe via 350), 350 Downers Grove (D) BN (Fairview Ave., Main St.) 460, 820, 660 Dunnes Park (L) CNW (Waukegan via 560) 560 { Eagles Lake (W) To Crete East Chicago Heights (C) ICG (2llth St. via 350), 350 East Dundee (K) To Elgin East Hazel Crest (C) ICG (Hazel Crest, Calumet via 350), 350 Eddy Station (L) To Zion Elburn (K) 810, Also to Geneva Elgin (K) MR (Elgin), 540, 800, 810 Elk Grove Village (C) To Mount Prospect, Bensenville, or Wood Dale Elmhurst (D) CNW (Elmhurst) 300, 640, A, c Elmwood Park (C) MR (Elmwood Park), 1, 300 Elwood (W) To Joliet Eola (D) To Aurora or Naperville Evanston (C) CNW (Main St., Evanston, Central St. ) , 1, 200, c l Evergreen Park (C) RI (95th St. via 380), 1 (Dan Ryan), 380, T Faithorn (W) To Crete Fairmont (W) 500 Flossmoor (C) ICG (Flossmoor) , 350 Flowerfield (D) To Glen Ellyn - 2 - r TOWN CARRIER, OR NEAREST TOWN WITH SERVICE Forest Park (C) CNW (Oak Park via 300) , 1 (Congress) 300 r Forest View (C) ICG (Forest View) 1, 300 Fort Sheridan (L) CNW (Fort Sheridan), 470 Fox Lake (L) MR (Fox Lake, Ingleside, Long Lake), 950, OW 1 Fox River Grove (M) CNW (Fox River Grove) Fox River Valley Gardens (M) To Cary or Cyrstal Lake Frankfort (W) 350 f Franklin Park (C) MR (Franklin Park, Mannheim), 300 Franklinville (M) To Woodstock Freemont Center (L) To Mundelein Frontenac (D) To Naperville or Aurora Geneva (K) CNW (Geneva), 800, 810, C. GR Gilberts (K) To Elgin Gilmer (L) To Lake Zurich Glencoe (C) CNW (Hubbard Woods, Glencoe), 200, 470 Glendale Heights (D) CNW (Glen Ellyn via 650) , 650 Glen Ellyn (D) CNW (Glen Ellyn), 300, 650 Glen Oak (D) To Glen Ellyn Glenview (C) MR (Golf, Glenview), 200, A Glenwood (C) ICG (Homewood via 450), 350, 450 Golf (C) MR (Golf) , 200 Goodenow (W) To Crete Goodings Grove (W) To Orland Park Gougars (W) RI (New Lenox via 500), 500 Grays Lake (L) MR (Grays Lake) , 560 Great Lakes (L) CNW (Great Lakes), 560, C, GR Green Oaks (L) MR (Rondout) , also to Libertyville Greenwood (M) To Woodstock or McHenry Griswold Lake (M) To Crystal Lake Gurnee (L) CNW (Waukegan via 560) , 560 l Hadley (W) To Orland Park Hainesville (L) To Grays Lake Half Day (L) To Highland Park Hamsphire (K) To Elgin Hanover Park (D) MR (Hanover Park) Hannony (M) GR, also to Crystal Lake Hartland (M) CNW (Hartland) Harvard (M) CNW (Harvard) Harvey (C) ICG (Harvey) 350, CT, GR , T Harwood Heights (C) 1 (Milwaukee) I Hastings (C) ICG (Willow Springs via 830), 830 Hawthorne Woods (L)