Onward trips from Chicago

Where travelers go next after landing at ORD, and how to get there: the drives, buses, trains and short flights to the places people head to most. Each guide compares the ways to make one trip, with times and costs as the operators publish them.

• Coach buses from O'Hare to Madison, Peoria, Champaign and Purdue

  Four operators run scheduled coaches from O'Hare to Madison, Peoria, Champaign and Purdue. Who goes where, their phone numbers and where the coaches load.

  • Who serves which place
  • Where to board
  • What the airport leaves to the operators
• How to get from O'Hare to downtown Chicago

  The Blue Line, a taxi, a shared taxi, rideshare and a pre-arranged car side by side, with the fares and times the CTA, the city and the airport publish.

  • How the five ways compare
  • What the Blue Line asks of you
  • Metra runs on weekdays only
  • The airport and the CTA disagree on the taxi fare
  • Rideshare pickup is at two terminals only
  • A pre-arranged car finds you after you call
  • Sources
• O'Hare to a Loop or Michigan Avenue hotel by train

  The Blue Line runs 24 hours and reaches downtown in 40 to 45 minutes. The stops the Palmer House and Hilton Chicago give, plus taxi and shared-cab prices.

  • Which stop the hotels give
  • How to get on the right train
  • What the train saves against a cab
• O'Hare to Evanston by bus

  Pace Route 250 runs daily along Dempster Street from the Multi-Modal Facility to Evanston for $2.00. Where it meets the trains, and the taxi option.

  • Ride the train to the bus
  • Which stop for the train you want
  • Pace gives no trip time, only a schedule to check
  • Evanston is on the city’s straight-meter list
  • Sources
• O'Hare to Midway

  O'Hare to Midway by CTA costs $5 and the airport says to allow up to two hours. Shared taxi, rideshare and Peoria Charter Coach compared.

  • Your options side by side
  • How the CTA trip works
  • Taxi, shared ride and rideshare
  • Peoria Charter Coach lists Midway as a stop
  • Sources
• O'Hare to Milwaukee

  O'Hare to Milwaukee by Coach USA bus, by Metra plus Amtrak's 1 hour 29 minute Hiawatha, or by car. The airport's coach list names no Milwaukee service.

  • The bus the airport doesn’t list
  • Where the bus and the train stop in Wisconsin
  • By rail: Metra to Union Station, then the Hiawatha
  • Driving yourself to Milwaukee
  • Sources
• O'Hare to Rosemont: the hotels, the convention center and the outlets

  Rosemont's River Road hotels are under 2 miles from Terminal 5. Reach them, the convention center and the outlets by shuttle, Blue Line or taxi.

  • Which hotel is next to what
  • Hotel shuttles collect at Terminal 2, and the hours differ
  • A cab to Rosemont pays the meter alone
  • The train costs more going out than coming back
  • Sources
• O'Hare to the western suburbs and the La Grange Road station

  Pace Route 330 runs along Mannheim and LaGrange Roads to the La Grange Road station. Its stops, the days it runs, where sources differ, and taxis.

  • Start at the Multi-Modal Facility
  • Pace and the airport disagree on the days
  • What the route serves
  • Taxis: check the city’s list for your suburb
  • Sources
• O'Hare to Union Station and Amtrak

  O'Hare to Chicago Union Station: Metra on weekdays for $3.75, the Blue Line any hour for $5, or a taxi at about $50. Check Amtrak times with Amtrak.

  • Three ways to Union Station
  • Metra goes straight in
  • The Blue Line runs when Metra doesn’t
  • A taxi has no changes
  • Amtrak at La Grange Road instead
  • At Union Station
  • Sources