Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Chicago to Lansing. From €24.38, fastest 2h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Chicago to Lansing costs €24.38 at the cheapest and takes 2h 38m door to door at the fastest, across 2 modes and 3 operators. The route covers 278 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Train.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 41m | 1h 57m | 44m | €37.19 | 9.0 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €34.95 | 69.1 kg | 8 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Grand Rapids, with 64 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 5h 44mCO2 9.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 9.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak2 changes | 364 | 21:00 | 17:02 | 20h 10m |
| Amtrak3 changes | 364 | 21:00 | 09:32 | 12h 40m |
| Chicago Transit Authority4 changes | 124 | 20:53 | 09:32 | 12h 39m |
| Amtrak3 changes | 448 | 02:30 | 17:02 | 14h 40m |
| Amtrak4 changes | 448 | 02:30 | 15:02 | 12h 40m |
| Amtrak2 changes | 364 | 21:00 | 19:22 | 22h 30m |
| Amtrak3 changes | 364 | 21:00 | 12:22 | 15h 30m |
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Chicago to Lansing | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €73.33 | €62.33 | €53.53 | €45.83 | €35.38 | €38.13 | €50.23 | €37.03 | €34.28 | €43.08 | €29.33 | €30.98 | €29.88 | €40.33 |
| Flight | €69.17 | €60.32 | €58.55 | €43.21 | €42.03 | €46.16 | €53.24 | €43.21 | €42.62 | €40.85 | €34.95 | €35.54 | €37.90 | €43.21 |
| Train | €81.74 | €69.09 | €65.79 | €44.34 | €48.19 | €46.54 | €61.39 | €43.24 | €52.59 | €42.14 | €37.74 | €37.19 | €42.69 | €47.09 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €24.38
Lansing is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.
The search opens on Lansing with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Air Wisconsin | €32.00 | 3h 56m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
 Amtrak | €31.14 | 2h 38m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
| United Airlines | €31.41 | 3h 56m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €19.00 | 78% |
| Taxes | €1.90 | 8% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 6% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 8% |
| Total you pay | €24.38 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Lansing well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
Most of the points near Union Depot open before the first train and close after the last one.
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The fastest journey from Chicago to Lansing takes 2h 38m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 3h 31m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Chicago to Lansing is €24.38, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €46.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Chicago to Lansing is by Flight, at €34.95 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 3h 56m 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.
The fastest way from Chicago to Lansing is by Train, at 2h 41m door to door. Only 1h 57m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €37.19.
Fares from Chicago to Lansing bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €24.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 184 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Chicago to Lansing, at €29.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chicago to Lansing, at €21.62 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.
3 operators sell services from Chicago to Lansing across 2 modes: Air Wisconsin, Amtrak, United Airlines. 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.
76 percent of the services we sell from Chicago to Lansing are direct. The rest connect at South Bend, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Flint, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Traveling from Chicago to Lansing by Train produces about 9.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 69.1 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Services from Chicago to Lansing by Train leave from Chicago Union Station and arrive at Union Depot. 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.
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Chicago to Lansing 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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.
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Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Lansing afterward does not belong to us.
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Lansing, with free cancellation on most of it.
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