Cheapest€70.74
- Amtrak A957406:024h 33m10:35Lee's SummitIllinois Terminal
Door to door 5h 17mCO2 20.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Travelling from Lee's Summit to Champaign costs €70.74 at the cheapest and takes 4h 58m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 625 km. Cheapest is by train, fastest is by train.
At a glance
- Distance
- 625 km
- Fastest
- 4h 58m
- Average
- 5h 16m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €70.74
- CO2 per passenger
- 20.6 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 5h 17m | 4h 33m | 44m | €86.69 | 20.6 kg | 5 |
- 5h 17mFastest, by Train
- €86.69Cheapest, by Train
- 20.6 kgLowest CO2, by Train
- 625 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Checking the live timetables.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Lee's Summit to Champaign | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept | Sat26 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €193.94 | €148.84 | €153.24 | €125.19 | €152.69 | €175.24 | €147.19 | €125.74 | €86.69 | €96.59 | €94.94 | €125.19 | €127.94 | €124.09 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €70.74
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When to book Lee's Summit to Champaign
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €92.1990 days
- €58.0960 days
- €62.4945 days
- €58.6430 days
- €86.6921 days
- €124.0914 days
- €147.197 days
- €153.243 days
- €193.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €58.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 234 percent. The dearest point is €193.94, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €125.74Sun
- €86.69Mon
- €96.59Tue
- €94.94Wed
- €125.19Thu
- €127.94Fri
- €124.09Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €153.24Sept
- €83.94Oct
- €72.94Nov
- €67.99Dec
- €81.74Jan
- €63.04Feb
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 625 km against 543 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 North Peoria, Davenport, Des Moines, O'Fallon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lee's Summit at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lee's Summit
Rail
- Lee's Summit
Champaign
Rail
- Illinois Terminal
- Illinois Traction Building
Coach
- Illinois Terminal
Air
- CMI
Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €70.74 | 4h 58m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €62.50 | 88% |
| Taxes | €6.25 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 3% |
| Total you pay | €70.74 | 100% |
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Questions about Lee's Summit to Champaign
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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
The fastest journey from Lee's Summit to Champaign takes 4h 58m door to door, of which 4h 33m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 16m, 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
The cheapest fare from Lee's Summit to Champaign is €70.74, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €125.74. 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
The cheapest way from Lee's Summit to Champaign is by train, at €86.69 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 17m 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
Fares from Lee's Summit to Champaign bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €58.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 234 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Lee's Summit to Champaign?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Lee's Summit to Champaign, at €86.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 12 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Lee's Summit to Champaign?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lee's Summit to Champaign, at €63.04 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
1 operators sell services from Lee's Summit to Champaign 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
20 percent of the services we sell from Lee's Summit to Champaign are direct. The rest connect at North Peoria, Davenport, Des Moines, O'Fallon, with about 60 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign use?
Services from Lee's Summit to Champaign by train leave from Lee's Summit and arrive at Illinois Terminal. 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 Lee's Summit to Champaign?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Lee's Summit to Champaign 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
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.
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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lee's Summit to Champaign on 12 September 2026: 625 km of route against 543 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €70.74, and 4h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Lee's Summit
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