US Cellular from downtown (buses, bars, trains)

[jonnynonos]

Are both the red and green line closed?

So I gotta take the bus or a cab?

[Attrill]

Green line can get you there. There are plenty of buses too - either the State Street or Clark buses will do it. I usually take the Halsted bus from Grand/Milwaukee and hit some bars on Halsted and then walk to games. There's a Metra stop there too, but I haven't tried that yet.

[jonnynonos]

OK thanks. I wasn't sure from the CTA site if the Green Line was closed. Glad it isn't!

[Attrill]

Here's the White Sox page on the Red line closure, it looks like Red Line trains switch over to the Green Line, so you won't even have to switch trains:

Red Line trains will continue along the Green Line elevated structure beyond the Loop, so those who board the Red Line anywhere north of the Cermak stop are virtually unaffected.

[emathias]

Originally Posted by jonnynonos

Are both the red and green line closed?

So I gotta take the bus or a cab?

Technically neither the Red nor the Green are closed, just the Red Line is re-routed to the same tracks the Green Line uses. So it's about a 5 minute further walk from that 35th Street station than from the Dan Ryan one, but it's still very accessible.

[jonnynonos]

Oh ok. Cool.

I am down in that area fairly often, just usually bike.

Appreciate it.

[Lucky Clover]

Yep easy on the Red Line with the 35th st stop like emathias said. I took it last month to see a Sox game, pretty straight forward.

[ProgMichael]

If you're near LaSalle & Van Buren you can take the Metra to the "Lou" Jones station at 35th as well. But if you're near the Green Line that's gonna be your best bet.

[jonnynonos]

Red line was great.