Fastest€59.74
- Amtrak A294106:023h 37m09:39Des Moines Union StationNaperville
Door to door 4h 21mCO2 17.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Des Moines to Naperville train
Trains from Des Moines to Naperville start at €72.94 and take 4h 21m at their fastest.
The Trains from Des Moines to Naperville starts at €72.94 and takes 4h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 522 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 21mDoor to door
- 3h 37mMoving
- €72.94From
- 17.2 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.
Rail operators
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €59.74 | 4h 18m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Des Moines to Naperville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.7390 days
- €23.8360 days
- €22.1845 days
- €26.0330 days
- €30.9821 days
- €42.5314 days
- €44.737 days
- €46.383 days
- €66.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €66.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €41.98Sun
- €30.43Mon
- €35.38Tue
- €32.08Wed
- €43.08Thu
- €42.53Fri
- €38.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Des Moines
Rail
- Des Moines Union Station
- East Des Moines Union Depot
- Des Moines Western Railway Freight House
Naperville
Rail
- Naperville
- Aurora
- Route 59
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 522 km against 454 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 Cedar Rapids, Rockford, Davenport, West Town. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Des Moines 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.
Trains 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 | 4h 21m | 3h 37m | 44m | €72.94 | 17.2 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 8h 15m | 7h 31m | 44m | €30.43 | 14.1 kg | 3 |
Questions about Des Moines to Naperville
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 Des Moines to Naperville take?
The Train from Des Moines to Naperville takes 4h 21m door to door, of which 3h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 522 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 Des Moines to Naperville cost?
The Train from Des Moines to Naperville starts at €72.94 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €67.44. 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 Des Moines to Naperville?
1 operators run the Train from Des Moines to Naperville: Amtrak. 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 Des Moines to Naperville use?
The Train from Des Moines to Naperville leaves from Des Moines Union Station and arrives at Naperville. 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 Des Moines to Naperville?
Traveling from Des Moines to Naperville by Coach costs €30.43 and takes 8h 15m door to door, against 4h 21m 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 Des Moines to Naperville?
Fares for the Train from Des Moines to Naperville bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Des Moines to Naperville produce?
The Train from Des Moines to Naperville produces about 17.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 522 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 Des Moines to Naperville?
Operators on the Train from Des Moines to Naperville publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 21m 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 Des Moines to Naperville on September 11, 2026: 522 km of route against 454 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €72.94, and 4h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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