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Niles Free Bus Service Reinstated (Routes 410, 411 & 412)
Effective April 1, 2026, Pace is reinstating the Niles Free Bus service (Routes 410, 411 & 412)
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250 - Dempster Street

Fixed Route

Provides daily service from downtown Evanston to the Des Plaines Metra station via Dempster and then south to the O’Hare Multi-Modal Facility (MMF).

This route is the local complement to Pace's Pulse Dempster Line, which runs more frequently along the same corridor as Route 250.

Communities served include Evanston, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Rosemont.

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Major destinations along the Route 250 and Pulse Dempster include the CTA Purple Line Davis Street Station, Metra UP-North Line Davis Street Station, Downtown Evanston, Dempster-Skokie CTA Station, Notre Dame High School, Lutheran General Hospital, Maine East High School, Metra UP-Northwest Des Plaines Station, O'Hare Multi-Modal Facility (MMF).

Route serves Posted Stops Only along the entire route. See:

    *  Stop Locations - 250

    *  Lista de paradas (Español) 250

    *  Wykaz przystankow autobusowych (Polski) 250

 

PLEASE NOTE: 

Route 250 is the local complement to the Pulse Dempster Line. 

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Pulse offers a significant increase in service frequency along Dempster Street above and beyond that offered by the local Route 250 bus service. Pulse's Dempster operates service at 20-minute frequency between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., at 15-minute frequency from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and at 20-minute frequency until the service ends at proximately 1:00 a.m. depending on the day of week.  

Pulse Dempster offers improved reliability due to Transit Signal Priority technology as well as enhanced stations with modern passenger amenities such as heated shelters, real-time signage and level boarding for faster service. 

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Fare Information

Route 250 is classified as Regular Fixed Route

Fare Type Regular Reduced
Ventra Transit Value
$2.00
$1.00
Cash
$2.25
$1.10
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Pace Connections

  • Pulse - Dempster Line Route
  • Pulse - Milwaukee Line
  • 208 - Golf Road
  • 209 - Busse Highway
  • 210 - Lincoln Avenue
  • 213 - Green Bay Road
  • 215 - Crawford – Howard
  • 221 - Wolf Road
  • 223 - Elk Grove – Rosemont CTA Station
  • 226 - Oakton Street
  • 230 - South Des Plaines
  • 234 - Wheeling – Des Plaines
  • 240 - Dee Road
  • 241 - Greenwood – Talcott
  • 270 - Milwaukee Avenue
  • 330 - Mannheim – LaGrange Roads
  • 411 - West Niles Local
  • 423 - Linden CTA – The Glen – Harlem CTA
  • 626 - Skokie – Buffalo Grove Limited

External Connections

  • CTA/Metra Trains: CTA - Davis St. (Purple Line) , CTA - Purple Line , CTA - Skokie Swift (Yellow Line) , CTA - Yellow Line , Metra - Davis Street - UPN , Metra - Des Plaines - UPNW , Metra - Union Pacific North Line - UPN , Metra - Union Pacific Northwest
  • CTA Bus Routes: 54A, 93, 97 and 201

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