Santa And The CTA Holiday Train Come Through Uptown All This Week

All aboard! The CTA's Holiday train will be running on the Red and Purple Lines Tuesday through Saturday, and there's an additional Purple Line run through Uptown on Thursday, December 22nd. Here's the schedule to ride and/or see it:

Tuesday, December 13 (Red Line):

• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 2:43. It will get to Argyle at 2:57; Lawrence at 2:59; Wilson at 3:00; and Sheridan at 3:02.
• It will make the loop around downtown, and coming northbound, it's scheduled to be at Sheridan at 5:13; Wilson at 5:15; Lawrence at 5:16; and Argyle at 5:18.

Wednesday, December 14 (Purple Line):

• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 4:07. It will get to its next stop, Belmont, at 4:20. No stops, but it will come through Uptown between those times.
• The train is scheduled to leave Belmont going northbound at 5:10. It will get to its next stop, Howard, at 5:25. No stops, but it will come through Uptown between those times.

Thursday, December 15 (Red Line):

• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 3:13. It will get to Argyle at 3:27; Lawrence at 3:29; Wilson at 3:30; and Sheridan at 3:33.
• It will make the loop around downtown, and coming northbound, it's scheduled to be at Sheridan at 5:39; Wilson at 5:42; Lawrence at 5:43; and Argyle at 5:45.

Friday, December 16 (Purple Line):

• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 4:35. It will get to its next stop, Belmont, at 4:49. No stops, but it will come through Uptown between those times.
• The train is scheduled to leave Belmont going northbound at 5:38. It will get to its next stop, Howard, at 5:53. No stops, but it will come through Uptown between those times.

Saturday, December 17 (Red Line) with photo ops*:

• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 12:16. It will get to Argyle at 12:29; Lawrence at 12:31; Wilson at 12:32; and Sheridan at 12:34.
• It will make the loop around downtown, and coming northbound, it's scheduled to be at Sheridan at 3:53; Wilson at 3:56; Lawrence at 3:57; and Argyle at 3:59.
• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 6:20. It will get to Argyle at 6:33; Lawrence at 6:35; Wilson at 6:36; and Sheridan at 6:38.
• It will make the loop around downtown, and coming northbound, it's scheduled to be at Sheridan at 8:43; Wilson at 8:46; Lawrence at 8:47; and Argyle at 8:49.
• *Photo Opps:  CTA says, "Get your photo taken with Santa at Linden (Purple Line), Howard (Red Line) and 95th/Dan Ryan (Red Line) on this day.

  • Purple Line at Linden: 4:45pm–5:30pm
  • Red Line at Howard: 11:15am-noon
  • Red Line at 95th/Dan Ryan: 1:45pm-2:30pm"

Thursday, December 22 (Purple Line):

• The train is scheduled to leave Howard going southbound at 4:07. It will get to its next stop, Belmont, at 4:20. No stops, but it will come through Uptown between those times.
• The train is scheduled to leave Belmont going northbound at 5:10. It will get to its next stop, Howard, at 5:25. No stops, but it will come through Uptown between those times.

Remember the CTA's advice about picking it up at one of the terminal stops, and getting in a car not in the center of the train to be able to enjoy it fully.  The entire schedule is here.