Cheapest€16.84
- Amtrak A842806:021h 5m07:07Chicago Union StationSouth Bend station
Door to door 1h 49mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Chicago to South Bend train
Trains from Chicago to South Bend start at €19.04 and take 1h 48m at their fastest.
The Trains from Chicago to South Bend starts at €19.04 and takes 1h 48m door to door, run by 2 operators over 135 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 1h 48mDoor to door
- 1h 4mMoving
- €19.04From
- 4.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€22.34
- NICTD NI601706:361h 4m07:40Chicago Union StationSouth Bend station
Door to door 1h 48mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
The train gets you into South Bend. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in South Bend
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When to book Chicago to South Bend
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €16.8460 days
- €16.2945 days
- €14.0930 days
- €17.3921 days
- €19.0414 days
- €28.397 days
- €30.593 days
- €33.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €33.89, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €19.04Sun
- €19.59Mon
- €24.54Tue
- €26.74Wed
- €26.74Thu
- €23.99Fri
- €31.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chicago
Rail
- Chicago Union Station
- Chicago Ridge
- Chicago station
South Bend
Rail
- South Bend station
- South Bend Airport station
- Niles station
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
- 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, Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Fort Wayne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Chicago at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Chicago to South Bend
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 Train from Chicago to South Bend take?
The Train from Chicago to South Bend takes 1h 48m door to door, of which 1h 4m 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 Chicago to South Bend cost?
The Train from Chicago to South Bend starts at €19.04 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. 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 South Bend?
2 operators run the Train from Chicago to South Bend: Amtrak, NICTD. Between them they file around 3 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 South Bend use?
The Train from Chicago to South Bend leaves from Chicago Union Station and arrives at South Bend 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 Chicago to South Bend?
Fares for the Train from Chicago to South Bend bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Chicago to South Bend produce?
The Train from Chicago to South Bend produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Chicago to South Bend?
Operators on the Train from Chicago to South Bend publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 48m 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 Chicago to South Bend on September 13, 2026: 135 km of route against 118 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 1h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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