Madison to Arlington Heights runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 5m over 184 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.34, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€22.34
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Madison
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.
- 06:02First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Madison to Arlington Heights 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 €51.49Wed16
- about €61.94Thu17
- about €53.69Fri18
- about €44.89Sat19
- about €47.64Sun20
- about €33.34Mon21
- about €32.79Tue22
- about €32.24Wed23
- about €43.24Thu24
- about €39.94Fri25
- about €41.04Sat26
- about €37.74Sun27
- about €31.69Mon28
- about €22.34Tue29
- about €27.84Wed30
- about €28.94Thu1
- about €28.39Fri2
- about €26.74Sat3
- about €22.89Sun4
- about €26.19Mon5
- about €22.34Tue6
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 Arlington Heights. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Arlington Heights for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Arlington Heights and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Madison to Arlington Heights
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7990 days
- €20.6960 days
- €20.6945 days
- €26.1930 days
- €22.3421 days
- €22.3414 days
- €32.797 days
- €53.693 days
- €51.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €53.69, 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Madison to Arlington Heights and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
184 km
160 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
280,305 → 75,926
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 184 km against 160 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 Rockford, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Who runs this route
Arlington Heights is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Arlington Heights
Most of the points near Arlington Heights open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Madison to Arlington Heights
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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
The fastest journey from Madison to Arlington Heights takes 2h 5m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
The cheapest fare from Madison to Arlington Heights is €22.34, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €33.34. 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
The cheapest way from Madison to Arlington Heights is by train, at €22.34 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 6m 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
Fares from Madison to Arlington Heights bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €20.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 159 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Madison to Arlington Heights, at €22.34. 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madison to Arlington Heights, at €21.24 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
1 operators sell services from Madison to Arlington Heights 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
20 percent of the services we sell from Madison to Arlington Heights are direct. The rest connect at Rockford, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, with about 50 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 Madison to Arlington Heights use?
Services from Madison to Arlington Heights by train leave from Madison station (C&NW) and arrive at Arlington Heights. 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 Madison to Arlington Heights?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Madison to Arlington Heights 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 Madison to Arlington Heights on 15 September 2026: 184 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.34, and 2h 5m 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 Arlington Heights is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Arlington Heights and across United States
Day trips that leave Arlington Heights in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Madison reaches 41 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 93 to 2,684 km. Arlington Heights reaches 8 places in 1 countries, from 57 to 520 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madison
- 41Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 16Operators
Arriving in Arlington Heights
Leaving Arlington Heights
- 8Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators