Fastest€16.29
- Amtrak A172506:5056m07:46RockfordMadison station (C&NW)
Door to door 1h 40mCO2 3.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rockford to Madison train
Trains from Rockford to Madison start at €16.29 and take 1h 40m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rockford to Madison on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Rockford to Madison starts at €16.29 and takes 1h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 107 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 40mDoor to door
- 56mMoving
- €16.29 to €32.24From
- 06:50 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 3.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 21 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€16.29 to €32.24 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €31.14Mon14
- about €27.84Tue15
- about €32.24Wed16
- about €32.24Thu17
- about €32.24Fri18
- about €26.74Sat19
- about €28.39Sun20
- about €16.29Mon21
- about €20.14Tue22
- about €21.79Wed23
- about €26.19Thu24
- about €23.99Fri25
- about €26.19Sat26
- about €22.89Sun27
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 21 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €13.54 | 1h 33m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Madison. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Rockford to Madison
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.6314 days
- €13.387 days
- €15.583 days
- €13.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 55 percent. The dearest point is €15.58, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €10.63Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.08Tue
- €11.73Wed
- €12.83Thu
- €11.73Fri
- €11.73Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rockford
Rail
- Rockford
- Alpine Road
Madison
Rail
- Madison station (C&NW)
- Madison Milwaukee Road depot
- Middleton station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 107 km against 93 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 Kenosha, Milwaukee, Elgin, Waukegan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Rockford at 06:50 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.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 40m | 56m | 44m | €16.29 | 3.5 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 2h 16m | 1h 32m | 44m | €10.07 | 2.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Rockford to Madison
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 Rockford to Madison take?
The Train from Rockford to Madison takes 1h 40m door to door, of which 56m is spent moving. The route runs 107 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 Rockford to Madison cost?
The Train from Rockford to Madison starts at €16.29 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €42.69. 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 Rockford to Madison?
1 operators run the Train from Rockford to Madison: Amtrak. Between them they file around 5 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 Rockford to Madison use?
The Train from Rockford to Madison leaves from Rockford and arrives at Madison station (C&NW). 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 Rockford to Madison?
Travelling from Rockford to Madison by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 16m door to door, against 1h 40m 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 Rockford to Madison?
Fares for the Train from Rockford to Madison bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 55 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Rockford to Madison produce?
The Train from Rockford to Madison produces about 3.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 107 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 Rockford to Madison?
Operators on the Train from Rockford to Madison publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 40m 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 Rockford to Madison on 13 September 2026: 107 km of route against 93 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €16.29, and 1h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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