Service Alerts

Metra Alert - CTA and Metra Are Your Best Rides to the 2025 Chicago Auto Show

All Aboard! CTA and Metra Are Your Best Rides to the 2025 Chicago Auto Show. CTA and Metra offer convenient bus and rail service to McCormick Place for the Auto Show.

If you are planning to see the hottest new vehicles on the market, travel to the 2025 Chicago Auto Show via the quickest, most affordable and hassle-free ways – CTA and Metra! The Auto Show occurs Saturday, Feb. 8, through Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, at McCormick Place. Click here for more information.

Metra Alert RI - Track Construction Saturday, February 15 through Sunday, February 16

Track construction will be taking place on Saturday, February 15 through Sunday, February 16. Trains may incur delays enroute up to 20 minutes behind schedule passing through the work zone. Please listen to announcements for any platform changes. For additional information visit metra.com/constructionnotices.

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Station Details

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Brainerd
Ticket Vending Machine No Vending Machine. Purchase tickets on board or via the Ventra app.
Waiting Room Hours 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Train Lines Rock Island (RI)
Accessibility Yes
Station Address

8901 S. Loomis Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60620

Connecting Services

CTA Routes: 9, 87

Station Parking Yes
Station Zone 2
Parking Contact

SP+ Parking 773-714-9262. The Parkmobile App is accepted for daily parking (Zone 212).

Total Parking Lots 22
Permit or Daily Parking 154 Spaces
Daily Only Parking 111 Spaces
ADA Parking 6
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