Schaumburg to Chicago runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:14 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 9m over 47 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 5%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Schaumburg
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.
- 06:14First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Metra runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Schaumburg to Chicago 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 €11.88Tue15
- about €12.44Wed16
- about €12.44Thu17
- about €11.88Fri18
- about €14.09Sat19
- about €12.99Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.89Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
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 Chicago. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chicago for the night the train gets in
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When to book Schaumburg to Chicago
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €12.443 days
- €11.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 5 percent. The dearest point is €12.44, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Schaumburg to Chicago 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
47 km
41 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
74,693 → 2,664,452
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 47 km against 41 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 Waukegan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 100 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Chicago Union Station
Most of the points near Chicago Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Schaumburg to Chicago
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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
The fastest journey from Schaumburg to Chicago takes 1h 9m door to door, of which 28m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 11m, 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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
The cheapest fare from Schaumburg to Chicago is €11.88, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
The cheapest way from Schaumburg to Chicago is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 15 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 12m 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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
Fares from Schaumburg to Chicago bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 5 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Schaumburg to Chicago?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Schaumburg to Chicago, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Schaumburg to Chicago?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Schaumburg to Chicago, at €11.88 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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
1 operators sell services from Schaumburg to Chicago across 1 mode: Metra. 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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
50 percent of the services we sell from Schaumburg to Chicago are direct. The rest connect at Waukegan, with about 100 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 Schaumburg to Chicago use?
Services from Schaumburg to Chicago by train leave from Medinah and arrive at Chicago Union 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 Schaumburg to Chicago?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Schaumburg to Chicago 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 Schaumburg to Chicago on 14 September 2026: 47 km of route against 41 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Chicago a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Chicago and across United States
Day trips that leave Chicago in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Schaumburg reaches 2 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 42 km. Chicago reaches 266 places in 40 countries, from 41 to 12,539 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Schaumburg
- 2Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Chicago
Leaving Chicago
- 266Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 77Operators