Western Avenue is serviced by many
CTA bus and "L" routes. The street is serviced by multiple
"L" lines: the
Brown Line at
Eastwood Avenue, the
Orange Line at
49th Street, the
Pink Line at
21st Street, and twice on the
Blue Line at
Milwaukee Avenue and the
Eisenhower Expressway. On
Metra, the
BNSF Line serves Western Avenue at
18th Street; the
North Central Service and the Milwaukee District lines (
West and
North) serve Western Avenue at
Hubbard Street. The
Blue Island–Vermont Street station on both the
Rock Island District and the
Metra Electric District (Blue Island branch) is a few blocks east of Western Avenue in
Blue Island. There are three
CTA buses that run along Western Avenue. The main bus route along Western Avenue is
49 Western, which runs 24/7 from Berwyn Avenue in
Lincoln Square to 79th Street in
Ashburn. The entire bus route is complemented by the
X49 Western Express, a weekday rush hour express service. The
49B North Western runs from
Howard Street at the city's northern border to Leland Avenue, where it connects to a
Brown Line station. The
349 South Western bus route, which is operated by
Pace, has completely replaced CTA service on the former
49A South Western route. This route runs from 79th Street in Chicago to the Pace
Harvey Transportation Center in
Harvey, Illinois. ==Parades==