Chicago City Tour: Elevated Architecture Tour with Train Ticket Included
Features
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
2 hours
- Fare to ride the Chicago Elevated Rail system
- Admission to the galleries of the Chicago Architecture Center.
- Narration by a professional and certified guide.
- Food or drink
- Storage for luggage or strollers
- Coat check
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Only about 15 minutes of this two-hour tour is on a train, while most of the remaining tour takes place outdoors standing on the station platforms.
Explore Chicago’s amazing architecture from the unique perspective of elevated trains and station platforms. Learn the history behind the famous "L" system and hear how it has shaped the development of buildings within the Loop.
The city's first elevated train started making trips in 1892. Now considered one of Chicago’s...
- Duration 2 Hours
- Group Tour
- Max 10 people in the group
- 1
East Wacker Drive
Begin the tour at the Chicago Architecture Center. Fare to ride the Chicago Elevated Rail system is included. Please request a "Ventra" card from the Chicago Architecture Box Office when checking in for the tour.
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Included
- 2
Chicago Loop
Washington/Wabash "L" station
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 3
North Wabash Avenue
View Trump Tower.
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 4
North State Street
View the Marshall Field Building
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 5
Harold Washington Library Center
View the Harold Washington Library and State/Van Burnen Station
- Duration 15 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 6
West Van Buren Street
View the Metropolitan Correction Center
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 7
South Dearborn Street
View the Fisher Building.
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 8
East Jackson Boulevard
View the DePaul Center.
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Not Included
- 9
West Jackson Boulevard
View the Insurance Exchange Building
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 10
West Lake Street
Clinton St/Lake St "L" Station
- Duration 15 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 11
West Lake Street
View the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) headquarters.
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 12
Chicago Board Of Trade Building
View the Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 13
North Wabash Avenue
View the LeMoyne Building
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 14
Chicago Loop
Washington/Wabash "L" Station
- Duration 15 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
- 15
East Wacker Drive
Return to Chicago Architecture Center
- Duration 5 Minutes•
- Admission Ticket Included
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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