Cheapest€10.07
- Metra M789506:4248m07:30Pace Aurora Transportation CenterChicago Union Station
Door to door 1h 32mCO2 1.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Naperville to Chicago bus
Buses from Naperville to Chicago start at €10.07 and take 1h 27m at their fastest.
The Buses from Naperville to Chicago starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 27m door to door, run by 3 operators over 48 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 27mDoor to door
- 43mMoving
- €10.07From
- 1.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 10, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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When to book Naperville to Chicago
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
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- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €10.07, 90 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Naperville
Bus
- Pace Aurora Transportation Center
Chicago
Bus
- Chicago Union Station
- Chicago & Austin Terminal
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
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 48 km against 42 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 Rockford, Milwaukee. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 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 Naperville at 06:18 and the last at 14:38, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 10m | 26m | 44m | €11.88 | 1.6 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 1h 27m | 43m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.3 kg | 8 |
Questions about Naperville to Chicago
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Naperville to Chicago take?
The Coach from Naperville to Chicago takes 1h 27m door to door, of which 43m is spent moving. The route runs 48 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 Coach from Naperville to Chicago cost?
The Coach from Naperville to Chicago starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 10, 2026. A typical fare is €10.08. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Naperville to Chicago?
3 operators run the Coach from Naperville to Chicago: Metra, Pace, PARTA. Between them they file around 8 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 Coach from Naperville to Chicago use?
The Coach from Naperville to Chicago leaves from Pace Aurora Transportation Center 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Naperville to Chicago?
Traveling from Naperville to Chicago by Train costs €11.88 and takes 1h 10m door to door, against 1h 27m by Coach. 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 Coach from Naperville to Chicago?
Fares for the Coach from Naperville to Chicago bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 10, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Naperville to Chicago produce?
The Coach from Naperville to Chicago produces about 1.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 48 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Naperville to Chicago?
Operators on the Coach from Naperville to Chicago publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 27m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Naperville to Chicago on September 9, 2026: 48 km of route against 42 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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