Chicago to Livonia runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €47.09 and €56.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 34m over 413 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€47.09 to €56.44
- 174%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chicago
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Chicago to Livonia on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €85.98Wed16
- about €94.23Thu17
- about €92.58Fri18
- about €67.83Sat19
- about €85.43Sun20
- about €57.93Mon21
- about €57.93Tue22
- about €46.93Wed23
- about €66.18Thu24
- about €63.43Fri25
- about €56.83Sat26
- about €49.13Sun27
- about €54.08Mon28
- about €54.63Tue29
- about €38.13Wed30
- about €52.43Thu1
- about €51.88Fri2
- about €54.63Sat3
- about €48.58Sun4
- about €39.23Mon5
- about €45.83Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Livonia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Livonia for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Livonia with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Chicago to Livonia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.0390 days
- €33.7360 days
- €43.6345 days
- €48.0330 days
- €45.8321 days
- €54.6314 days
- €57.937 days
- €92.583 days
- €85.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 174 percent. The dearest point is €92.58, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chicago to Livonia and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
413 km
359 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
2,664,452 → 94,635
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 413 km against 359 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Lansing. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Livonia is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Livonia
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Chicago to Livonia
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Chicago to Livonia?
The fastest journey from Chicago to Livonia takes 3h 34m door to door, of which 2h 58m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 45m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chicago to Livonia?
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Livonia is €38.13, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €77.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chicago to Livonia?
The cheapest way from Chicago to Livonia is by train, at €56.44 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 42m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Chicago to Livonia?
Fares from Chicago to Livonia bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €33.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 174 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Livonia?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Livonia, at €46.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chicago to Livonia?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chicago to Livonia, at €32.08 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chicago to Livonia?
1 operators sell services from Chicago to Livonia across 1 mode: Amtrak. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chicago to Livonia?
20 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Livonia are direct. The rest connect at Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Lansing, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chicago to Livonia use?
Services from Chicago to Livonia by train leave from Chicago Union Station and arrive at Livonia station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chicago to Livonia?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Chicago to Livonia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Livonia on 15 September 2026: 413 km of route against 359 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.13, and 3h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Livonia is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Livonia and across United States
Day trips that leave Livonia in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chicago reaches 266 places in 40 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 12,539 km. Livonia reaches 12 places in 1 countries, from 43 to 360 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chicago
- 266Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 77Operators
Arriving in Livonia
Leaving Livonia
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators