Lowest CO2€84.49
- Amtrak A753506:434h 34m11:17Chicago Union StationKansas City
Door to door 5h 18mCO2 21.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Chicago to Kansas City train
Trains from Chicago to Kansas City start at €64.69 and take 5h 15m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Chicago to Kansas City on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Chicago to Kansas City starts at €64.69 and takes 5h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 661 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 15mDoor to door
- 4h 31mMoving
- €83.94 to €194.49From
- 14:50 to 18:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 21.8 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 28 September 2026, across 2 services on the day.
€83.94 to €194.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
14:5001:5111h 1m
319AmtrakDirect
Chicago Union Station → Kansas City
Calls at Summit Amtrak 15:13 · Joliet Gateway Center 15:40 · Dwight Amtrak Station 16:09 · Pontiac Amtrak Station 16:23 · Bloomington-Normal 16:56 · Lincoln Amtrak Station 17:25 · Springfield 17:53 · Carlinville Amtrak Station 18:33
Amtrak timetable18:3001:537h 23m
3AmtrakDirect
Chicago Union Station → Kansas City
Calls at Naperville Amtrak Station 19:00 · Mendota Amtrak Station 19:53 · Princeton Amtrak Station 20:14 · Galesburg Amtrak Station 21:06 · Fort Madison 22:05 · La Plata Amtrak Station 23:22
Amtrak timetable
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Chicago to Kansas City 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 €194.49Sat19
- about €154.89Sun20
- about €131.79Mon21
- about €106.49Tue22
- about €115.29Wed23
- about €137.29Thu24
- about €126.84Fri25
- about €115.84Sat26
- about €99.89Sun27
- about €84.49Mon28
- about €83.94Tue29
- about €94.39Wed30
- about €104.29Thu1
- about €96.04Fri2
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 cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €64.69 | 5h 12m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Kansas City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kansas City for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Chicago to Kansas City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.2590 days
- €47.3460 days
- €47.9345 days
- €56.7830 days
- €67.9921 days
- €80.3814 days
- €105.167 days
- €105.163 days
- €151.771 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 221 percent. The dearest point is €151.77, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €83.33Sun
- €72.12Mon
- €70.94Tue
- €75.07Wed
- €85.69Thu
- €80.38Fri
- €87.46Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Chicago
Rail
- Chicago Union Station
- Chicago Ridge
- Chicago station
Kansas City
Rail
- Union Station
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 661 km against 661 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Chicago at 06:43 and the last at 21:17, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €56.19 | 167.5 kg | 56 |
| Train | 5h 15m | 4h 31m | 44m | €64.69 | 21.8 kg | 12 |
Questions about Chicago to Kansas City
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 the Train from Chicago to Kansas City take?
The Train from Chicago to Kansas City takes 5h 15m door to door, of which 4h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 661 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Chicago to Kansas City cost?
The Train from Chicago to Kansas City starts at €64.69 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €74.32. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Chicago to Kansas City?
1 operators run the Train from Chicago to Kansas City: Amtrak. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Chicago to Kansas City use?
The Train from Chicago to Kansas City leaves from Chicago Union Station and arrives at Kansas City. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Chicago to Kansas City?
Travelling from Chicago to Kansas City by Flight costs €56.19 and takes 4h 26m door to door, against 5h 15m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Chicago to Kansas City?
Fares for the Train from Chicago to Kansas City bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Chicago to Kansas City produce?
The Train from Chicago to Kansas City produces about 21.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 661 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Chicago to Kansas City?
Operators on the Train from Chicago to Kansas City publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 15m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chicago to Kansas City on 18 September 2026: 661 km of route against 661 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €64.69, and 5h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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