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About this app

Use transit in and around all of Chicago: It's easy to manage and pay your fare on CTA, Metra and Pace buses and trains with the Ventra app. Find all the features you're used to on the Ventra website and more, including mobile ticketing for Metra trains!


With the Ventra app, you can:


• Check your balance and available passes in your Ventra Card's transit account.
• Instantly load value or passes to your Ventra Card's transit account.
• Switch autoload for transit value or passes on and off.
• Buy and use Metra mobile tickets to ride any Metra train.
• Use transit value you've loaded to buy a Metra ticket.
• Get real-time account notifications so you know when it's time to load more fare or buy more tickets.
• Get real-time arrival/departure information from CTA, Metra and Pace all in one app—by picking a stop, using favorites or looking at service near where you're standing.
Ride CTA, Metra & Pace: Manage your fares, buy Metra tickets, get arrivals.
Updated on
Jul 12, 2026
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

6.54K reviews
Richard Martinez
August 27, 2026
I like it because it's convenient. However, lately, it's been asking me to enable WiFi scanning for "better experience". This never happened to me and no matter how many times I tried to say no, the notification continued showing up. The CTA tracker is no longer useful. I'm moving to the Bus Tracker app.
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Katherine Gibson
August 28, 2026
the app barely works most of the time. It says I'm offline when I'm not and I can't buy tickets or reload my ventra card. I constantly have to close and reopen it multiple times before it works and even then nine out of ten times I can't do a damn thing in it. 0/10 do not recommend unless you have to use it.
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Quinlan 'Quinn' Malloy
August 28, 2026
You don't need my exact location data to show me a train schedule. A pop-up that "asks" me to enable wifi scanning so it can know my exact location is insane, especially since it isn't actually asking and will just constantly block the screen if I don't allow it to have infinite data scraping capacity. I use this app as little as humanly possible and archive it after every use, it's an obnoxious app that wants way too much of my personal information before it'll function.
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What’s new

This update improves the app's security and reliability, including, new rider class access for United Airlines employees, and several performance fixes.
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About the developer
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
VentraInnovations@transitchicago.com
567 W Lake St Chicago, IL 60661-1405 United States
+1 312-259-6599

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