Bus tickets to Chicago

36 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

36 places connect to Chicago by Buses, across 1 country, run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07. Origins run from 42 km away to 765 km, with a median of 362 km.

Checked 29 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Chicago

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Chicago, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Joliet to Chicago bus€10.071h 37m51 km
Naperville to Chicago bus€10.071h 28m42 km
Milwaukee to Chicago bus€10.072h 35m134 km
Rockford to Chicago bus€10.072h 36m128 km
Madison to Chicago bus€11.183h 25m198 km
Fort Wayne to Chicago bus€12.283h 49m225 km
Grand Rapids to Chicago bus€12.283h 27m204 km
Cedar Rapids to Chicago bus€16.685h 14m331 km
Toledo to Chicago bus€16.685h 20m340 km
Detroit to Chicago bus€19.435h 50m384 km
Sterling Heights to Chicago bus€21.087h 19m389 km
Des Moines to Chicago bus€22.737h 15m495 km
Akron to Chicago bus€23.837h 34m518 km
Cleveland to Chicago bus€24.387h 15m496 km
Saint Paul to Chicago bus€28.2310h 8m558 km
Warren to Chicago bus€28.787h 32m389 km
Omaha to Chicago bus€30.439h 48m693 km
Sioux Falls to Chicago bus€33.7310h 41m765 km
  • 36Places you can arrive from
  • 36Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

Chicago sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Chicago Union Station

Sort by distance from Chicago Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Buses, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1028%Naperville, 42 km
200 to 600 km2261%Grand Rapids, 204 km
600 to 1,500 km411%Omaha, 693 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Chicago that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States36100%
Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • PARTA
  • Metra
  • Pace
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Chicago

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Chicago

Coach
  • Chicago Union Station
  • Chicago & Austin Terminal
Leaving

Leaving Chicago

Common questions about Bus tickets to Chicago

Where can I travel to Chicago by Buses from?

36 places connect to Chicago by Buses on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 42 km away in a straight line and the furthest 765 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Buses to Chicago cost?

The cheapest Buses fare into Chicago is €10.07 for one passenger, across 36 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 362 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Buses to Chicago take?

The fastest Buses journey into Chicago is 1h 28m door to door. The median origin sits 362 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Buses to Chicago?

3 operators run Buses services into Chicago on our network: Metra, Pace, PARTA. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Buses to Chicago use?

Buses services into Chicago use 2 named terminals, among them Chicago Union Station, Chicago & Austin Terminal. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

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Other ways to reach Chicago

The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Chicago

Most of the points near Chicago Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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