UIC-Halsted station

Blue Line · step-free

Lines

Blue

Position

Through station

Service hours

24 hoursTrains all night

Step-free access

YesLifts or ramps to the platform

UIC-Halsted station on the Blue Line

UIC-Halsted is a station on the Blue Line of the Chicago ‘L’.

Trains call here around the clock — the Blue Line is one of only two ‘L’ lines that never closes. Overnight you will wait roughly eight to ten minutes; at the morning rush it is every 6 minutes.

The station is step-free: there is a lift or ramp from street level to the platform, and trains are level with the platform edge.

A ride from here costs $2.50, the same as anywhere else on the ‘L’ and the same however far you go. Transfers are free for two hours.

UIC-Halsted station on the Blue Line of the Chicago 'L' (CTA), Chicago

UIC-Halsted station · Blue Line — photo Chris6d · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

How long from UIC-Halsted to…

How long it takes from UIC-Halsted
ToTimeStopsChangesRoute
O'Hare Airport50 min22directBlue
Midway Airport36 min132 changesBlueRedOrange
Clark/Lake (the Loop)8 min6directBlue
Roosevelt12 min61 changeBlueRed
Belmont30 min121 changeBlueRed
95th/Dan Ryan36 min151 changeBlueRed
Fullerton26 min111 changeBlueBrown
Cermak-McCormick Place21 min72 changesBlueRedGreen

Midday on a weekday, including a typical wait when you change. Plan your own trip.

The Blue Line at a glance

Questions about UIC-Halsted

There is no first or last train — the Blue Line runs 24 hours a day, every day. Overnight, trains come roughly every 8–10 minutes.

Yes — there is a lift or ramp from the street to the platform, and trains are level with the platform.

About 8 minutes to Clark/Lake in the Loop at midday, direct, 6 stops. Plan your exact trip.

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