CTA BUS GARAGES
CTA BUS GARAGES
ARCHER GARAGE
2600 W. Pershing Rd. (at Archer Ave./Rockwell Ave.)
Opened in 1908 for Chicago City Railway streetcars
First used for buses in 1934
Used for trolleybuses 1948-1965
Used for propane buses 1959-1972
Last used for streetcars 1948
Modernized 1986
Capacity: 290 buses/enclosed
CHICAGO AVE. GARAGE
642 N. Pulaski Rd.
Opened July 3, 1994
Capacity: 250 buses/enclosed
FOREST GLEN GARAGE
5419 W. Armstrong Av. (at Elston Ave./Central Ave.)
Opened December 4, 1955
Used for trolleybuses 1955-1973
Used for propane buses 1955-1973
First diesel buses 1970
Capacity: 310 buses/outside storage
KEDZIE GARAGE
358 S. Kedzie Av. (at Van Buren St.)
Opened June 29, 1984
Capacity: 250 buses/enclosed
NORTH PARK GARAGE
3112 N. Foster Av. (at Kedzie Ave.)
Opened May 29, 1950
Used for propane buses 1950-1975
First diesel buses 1968
Capacity: 440 buses/outside storage
103RD ST. GARAGE
1702 E. 103rd St. (at Stony Island Ave.)
Opened June 26, 1988
Capacity: 250 buses/enclosed
74TH ST. GARAGE
1815 W. 74th St. (at Wood St.)
Opened June 18, 1995
Capacity: 250 buses/enclosed
77TH ST. GARAGE
210 W. 79th St. (at Vincennes Ave.)
Opened in 1907 for Chicago City Railway streetcars
First used for buses in 1930
Used for propane buses 1950-1973
Last used for streetcars 1958
Modernized 1975
Capacity: 470 buses
SOUTH SHOPS
7801 S. Vincennes (next to 77th St. Garage)
Opened in 1907 for Chicago City Railway streetcars
Bus shops expansion opened in 1963
Main shops for entire bus system
GARAGE PHOTOS
North Side
South Side
Routes and buses assigned to each garage.
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