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Chicago to Newark

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Chicago to Newark. From €115.78, fastest 6h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Chicago to Newark runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €115.78, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 3m over 1,185 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €115.78, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€115.78

  • 180%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Chicago

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €272.13Wed23
  2. about €312.84Thu24
  3. about €280.98Fri25
  4. about €261.51Sat26
  5. about €229.65Sun27
  6. about €165.93Mon28
  7. about €200.74Tue29
  8. about €138.20Wed30
  9. about €161.80Thu1
  10. about €184.22Fri2
  11. about €192.48Sat3
  12. about €157.67Sun4
  13. about €120.50Mon5
  14. about €148.23Tue6
  15. about €128.17Wed7
  16. about €157.08Thu8
  17. about €130.53Fri9
  18. about €142.33Sat10
  19. about €150.00Sun11
  20. about €130.53Mon12
  21. about €115.78Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Newark. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Newark for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Chicago to Newark

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €131.1290 days
  2. €132.8960 days
  3. €100.4445 days
  4. €128.7630 days
  5. €115.7821 days
  6. €148.2314 days
  7. €200.747 days
  8. €280.983 days
  9. €272.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €100.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 180 percent. The dearest point is €280.98, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€280.98€100.44137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Chicago to Newark 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

1,185 km

1,132 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

2,664,452281,944

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

CanadaTorontoTorontoMontrealMontrealOttawaOttawaColumbusColumbusIndianapolisIndianapolisWashington D.C.Washington D.C.NashvilleNashvilleBostonBostonDetroitDetroitLouisvilleLouisvilleHamiltonHamiltonMilwaukeeMilwaukeeOmahaOmahaKansas CityKansas CityVirginia BeachVirginia BeachLondonLondonChicagoChicagoNewarkNewarkMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,185 km against 1,132 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Allentown. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Verona

Most of the points near Verona open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Chicago to Newark

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 Newark?

The fastest journey from Chicago to Newark takes 6h 3m door to door, of which 2h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 10m, 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 Newark?

The cheapest fare from Chicago to Newark is €115.78, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €157.67. 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 Newark?

The cheapest way from Chicago to Newark is by flight, at €115.78 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 15m 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 Newark?

Fares from Chicago to Newark bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €100.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 180 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Chicago to Newark?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Newark, at €130.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 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 Newark?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chicago to Newark, at €92.18 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 Newark?

2 operators sell services from Chicago to Newark across 1 mode: Amtrak, GoJet Airlines. 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 Newark?

0 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Newark are direct. The rest connect at Allentown, with about 80 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 Newark use?

Services from Chicago to Newark by flight leave from Chicago O'Hare International Airport ORD and arrive at Verona. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Newark?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Chicago to Newark 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Newark on 22 September 2026: 1185 km of route against 1132 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €115.78, and 6h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Newark is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips out of Newark and across United States

Day trips that leave Newark in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Chicago reaches 298 places in 46 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 15,696 km. Newark reaches 133 places in 39 countries, from 43 to 15,975 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Chicago

  • 298Places you can leave for
  • 46Countries
  • 79Operators

Arriving in Newark

Leaving Newark

  • 133Places you can leave for
  • 39Countries
  • 7Operators

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