Cheapest€16.84
- Amtrak A414806:021h 2m07:04South Bend stationChicago Union Station
Door to door 1h 46mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
South Bend to Chicago train
Trains from South Bend to Chicago start at €19.59 and take 1h 45m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price South Bend to Chicago on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from South Bend to Chicago starts at €19.59 and takes 1h 45m door to door, run by 2 operators over 135 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 45mDoor to door
- 1h 1mMoving
- €19.59 to €39.94From
- 06:02 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 4.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€19.59 to €39.94 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 €28.39Tue15
- about €37.19Wed16
- about €39.94Thu17
- about €39.39Fri18
- about €31.69Sat19
- about €34.99Sun20
- about €19.59Mon21
- about €24.54Tue22
- about €26.74Wed23
- about €26.74Thu24
- about €23.99Fri25
- about €32.24Sat26
- about €22.34Sun27
- about €19.59Mon28
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 29 September 2026
Fastest€22.34
- NICTD NI116706:361h 1m07:37South Bend stationChicago Union Station
Door to door 1h 45mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 Amtrak | 1h 45m |
 NICTD | 1h 44m |
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When to book South Bend to Chicago
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.9490 days
- €15.7460 days
- €21.7945 days
- €17.3930 days
- €16.8421 days
- €19.5914 days
- €19.597 days
- €39.943 days
- €28.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 154 percent. The dearest point is €39.94, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.34Sun
- €19.59Mon
- €24.54Tue
- €26.74Wed
- €26.74Thu
- €23.99Fri
- €31.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
South Bend
Rail
- South Bend station
- South Bend Airport station
- Niles station
Chicago
Rail
- Chicago Union Station
- Chicago Ridge
- Chicago 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 135 km against 118 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kalamazoo, Fort Wayne, Wyoming, Grand Rapids. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves South Bend at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about South Bend 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 the Train from South Bend to Chicago take?
The Train from South Bend to Chicago takes 1h 45m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 135 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 South Bend to Chicago cost?
The Train from South Bend to Chicago starts at €19.59 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €29.77. 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 South Bend to Chicago?
2 operators run the Train from South Bend to Chicago: Amtrak, NICTD. Between them they file around 6 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 South Bend to Chicago use?
The Train from South Bend to Chicago leaves from South Bend station and arrives at Chicago Union Station. 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.
When should I book the Train from South Bend to Chicago?
Fares for the Train from South Bend to Chicago bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from South Bend to Chicago produce?
The Train from South Bend to Chicago produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 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 South Bend to Chicago?
Operators on the Train from South Bend to Chicago publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 45m 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 South Bend to Chicago on 14 September 2026: 135 km of route against 118 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 1h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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