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CTA/CHICAGO SURFACE LINES
CARHOUSE/BUS GARAGE ROUTE ASSIGNMENTS
Carhouses and bus garages, to which Chicago's streetcar and bus routes were assigned.
Streetcar Route Assignments (north)
Streetcar Route Assignments (south)
Bus Route Assignments (converted carhouses-north)
Bus Route Assignments (converted carhouses-south)
Bus Route Assignments (CSL/CTA bus garages)
Bus Route Assignments (CMC bus garages)
Routes generally assigned to each carhouse and bus garage.
Carhouse/Route Assignment Map - 1933
Carhouse/Bus garage/Route Assignment Map - 1947
Bus garage/Route Assignment Map - 1958
Color coded maps showing carhouses and bus garages, and routes assigned, in various years.
BUS ASSIGNMENTS OF THE PAST
Garages where the different models of buses were assigned.
General Bus Assignment Trends
Typical buses assigned to each garage during the periods of modernization, from propane buses to "New Look" buses.
Bus Assignment Time Line (1950-1970)
Bus Assignment Time Line (1972-2002)
Concise information indicating changes in bus fleet assignments, by garage.
Bus Assignments-1968 - Still a mostly "Old Look" propane fleet.
Bus Assignments-1972 - The "Old Look" buses' days were numbered.
Bus Assignments-1974 - An entirely "New Look" fleet.
Bus Assignments-1978 - 75% of all buses are newer air conditioned GM's.
Bus Assignments-1983 - Nearly all original "New Look" buses retired.
Bus Assignments-1992 - Wheelchair accessible buses in service on many routes.
Bus Assignments-1996 - All remaining "New Look" buses retired.
Bus Assignments-2002 - After completion of delivery of 6400 series Nova low floor buses.
Bus Assignments-2003 - Most recent information available.
Some historic information is from various issues of the magazine "Motor Coach Age", along with various CTA assignment sheets.