{"id":391122,"date":"2025-11-20T01:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391122\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:17:16","slug":"the-complete-cta-holiday-train-bus-schedule-has-arrived-all-aboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/391122\/","title":{"rendered":"The complete CTA Holiday Train &#038; Bus schedule has arrived. All aboard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holliest, jolliest time of year is right around the corner, bringing with it a beloved Chicago commuter tradition: hopping aboard a train or bus festooned with twinkling lights, commandeered by Santa and his elves\u00a0and blaring holiday tunes at top volume. That\u2019s right: the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has finally announced the schedules for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/things-to-do\/cta-holiday-train\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Train and Holiday Bus<\/a>, revealing when you can expect to see Santa making pre-Christmas Eve journeys through the city.<\/p>\n<p>The CTA Holiday Train will begin running on Saturday, November 29, with trips scheduled on every CTA line throughout November and December as part of regular service. As usual, the six-car train will be\u00a0headlined by an open-air platform hosting Santa and his crew of reindeer, as well as LED signs, colorful interior decorations and more lights than ever before. Photos with Santa have also returned, with designated photo op dates for both the Holiday Train and Bus.\u00a0Photos will be taken by a CTA employee using your device, so free up some extra storage space for the occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/things-to-do\/christmas-lights-in-chicago?package_page=20241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These are the best spots to see dazzling holiday Christmas lights in Chicago right now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"0f0d0c5a-5728-b649-86f0-2bf826113764\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763601436_855_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"CTA Holiday Train\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Courtesy Chicago Transit Authority\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"105720537\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhotograph: Courtesy Chicago Transit Authority&#13;<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to experience holiday cheer at street level, you\u2019ll be happy to learn that the CTA Holiday Bus will make an appearance on\u00a0a whopping 19 routes throughout the city this year. This year\u2019s bus will be\u00a0adorned by a jovial wrap\u00a0featuring Chicago landmarks, nods to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/things-to-do\/christkindlmarket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christkindlmarket<\/a> and gingerbread house-inspired details. The bus\u2019s interior will be covered with wreaths, candy cane striping and a revamped \u201cGingerbread Court\u201d helmed by Santa\u2019s chair in the back of the bus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Want CTA Holiday Train and Bus updates down to the minute? Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/holidaybustracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Holiday Bus Tracker<\/a> to figure out its exact location.\u00a0Learn more about the holiday fleet via\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/holidayfleet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CTA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Train schedule<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Green Line:<\/strong>\u00a0November\u00a028, 29; December 2<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Brown Line:<\/strong>\u00a0December\u00a03\u20136<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Orange Line:<\/strong>\u00a0November 28; December 2\u20136<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Red Line:<\/strong>\u00a0December\u00a016, 18 and 20<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Purple Line:<\/strong>\u00a0December\u00a017, 19 and 20<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Pink Line:<\/strong>\u00a0December\u00a09, 10 and 13<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Blue Line:<\/strong>\u00a0December 11\u201313<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Yellow Line:<\/strong>\u00a0December\u00a022<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bus schedule<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>November 25, 26:<\/strong>\u00a0#56 Milwaukee<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>November 28:<\/strong> #22 Clark<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>November 29:\u00a0<\/strong>#22 Clark \/ #97 Skokie<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>November 30: <\/strong>#91 Austin \/ #81 Lawrence<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 2:\u00a0<\/strong>#74 Fullerton<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 3:\u00a0<\/strong>#53 Pulaski<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 4:\u00a0<\/strong>#20 Madison<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 5:\u00a0<\/strong>#126 Jackson<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 6:\u00a0<\/strong>#12 Roosevelt<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 9:\u00a0<\/strong>#62 Archer<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 10:\u00a0<\/strong>#49 Western \/ #X49 Western Express<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 11:\u00a0<\/strong>#79 79th<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 12:\u00a0<\/strong>#3 King Drive<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 13:\u00a0<\/strong>#4 Cottage Grove<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 16:\u00a0<\/strong>#28 Stony Island<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 17:\u00a0<\/strong>#J14 Jeffrey Jump<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 18:\u00a0<\/strong>#6 Jackson Park<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>December 19 &amp; 20:<\/strong>\u00a0#29 State<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holliest, jolliest time of year is right around the corner, bringing with it a beloved Chicago commuter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":391123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[11234,960,5386,1818,11235,1164],"class_list":{"0":"post-391122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-categories-travel","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news-transport-travel","13":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115579391954896180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}