Express Airport Train Service

 Express Airport Train Service will provide non-stop service along CTA’s Blue and Orange Lines, providing fast, direct service between O’Hare and Midway Airports and Chicago’s central business district (CBD). The proposal includes a new downtown terminal providing passengers with boarding passes and baggage check-in. New vehicles will be specially designed for airline passengers and will feature spacious seating, business and air traveler amenities and space for carry-on luggage. The initial proposal provides express rail service between O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport with a single stop at a new station (Washington Intermodal Station, 108 North State Street) between the Red and Blue Lines in the Loop. The downtown station will be designed for checked baggage, airline check-in, and other airline passenger amenities, and will include pedestrian connections to the Blue and Red lines as well as the downtown underground pedestrian walkway. Station improvements at Midway and O’Hare are included in the proposal.