--- title: "Getting from ORD to where you are going ยท ORD Airport Guide" description: "How to get from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Downtown Chicago, Loop and Michigan Avenue hotels, Chicago Union Station, Midway Airport and more." url: "https://ordairportguide.com/to/" updated: "2026-10-31" airport: "ORD" type: "directory" --- > Independent guide, not the official ORD website. All pages: https://ordairportguide.com/llms.txt # Getting from ORD to where you are going How to get from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Downtown Chicago, Loop and Michigan Avenue hotels, Chicago Union Station (Amtrak), Midway Airport and more, every way compared. Updated October 31, 2026 More in our guide: [Every way to get to and from O'Hare](https://ordairportguide.com/guides/every-way-get-from-ohare/). Each page compares the ways to reach one place from Chicago O'Hare International Airport: the time, the cost, and the first and last departure from the airport, from published timetables, fares and the airport's own transport records. Where a source did not publish a number, the page says so instead of guessing. ## Places compared from ORD ### [O'Hare to Downtown Chicago](https://ordairportguide.com/to/downtown-chicago/) Downtown Chicago and the Loop Most arrivals should take the Blue Line, the L train that starts inside O'Hare and runs straight through downtown. It takes 40 to 45 minutes, against 25 to 90 for the road options. Compared: CTA Blue Line, Metra North Central Service, Taxi, Shared taxi, Shuttle van, Rideshare, Pre-arranged car ### [O'Hare to a Loop or Michigan Avenue Hotel](https://ordairportguide.com/to/loop-michigan-avenue-hotels/) Downtown hotels on and near Michigan Avenue: Palmer House, Hilton Chicago, Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, The Langham and Omni Chicago Hotel The Blue Line runs 24 hours a day and takes 40 to 45 minutes to reach the Loop. Two of the five hotels name a Blue Line stop in their own directions: Monroe for the Palmer House and Jackson for the Hilton Chicago. Compared: CTA Blue Line, Taxi, Shared taxi, Shuttle van, Rideshare ### [O'Hare to Union Station and Amtrak](https://ordairportguide.com/to/union-station-amtrak/) Chicago Union Station, 255 South Clinton Street Metra's North Central Service runs from O'Hare Transfer straight into Chicago Union Station, but it's weekdays only. The Blue Line covers weekends and nights because it runs 24 hours a day, every day. Compared: Metra North Central Service, CTA Blue Line, Taxi, Pace Route 330 to the La Grange Road station ### [O'Hare to Midway Airport](https://ordairportguide.com/to/midway-airport/) Chicago's other airport; the Orange Line's Midway Station joins its terminal by an enclosed walkway The CTA is the most economical way between Chicago's two airports: the Blue Line, then the Orange Line, with a free transfer downtown. Allow up to two hours for the trip. Compared: CTA Blue Line, then Orange Line, Taxi, Shared taxi, Rideshare, Peoria Charter Coach ### [O'Hare to Milwaukee](https://ordairportguide.com/to/milwaukee/) Milwaukee, Wisconsin; downtown Milwaukee's Intermodal/Amtrak Station is at 433 W. St. Paul Ave. Coach USA's Airport Express bus is the direct ride from O'Hare to Milwaukee. By rail you ride the Airport Transit System, then Metra, then Amtrak's Hiawatha for 1 hour 29 minutes. Compared: Coach USA Airport Express bus, Metra, then Amtrak Hiawatha, Rental car ### [O'Hare to Evanston](https://ordairportguide.com/to/evanston/) Downtown Evanston, along Dempster Street Pace Route 250 is the bus to Evanston. It leaves from the Multi-Modal Facility rather than the terminals and runs daily along Dempster Street to downtown Evanston. Compared: Pace Route 250 bus, Taxi, Rideshare ### [O'Hare to McCormick Place](https://ordairportguide.com/to/mccormick-place/) McCormick Place convention campus; the Cermak-McCormick Place station is 0.15 mile from the northwest corner of the West Building The train route from O'Hare is the Blue Line to Clark and Lake, then a southbound Green Line train to Cermak-McCormick Place. A shared taxi charges a flat fare instead of the meter. Compared: CTA Blue Line, then Green Line, Shared taxi, Taxi, Rideshare, Pre-arranged car ### [O'Hare to Rosemont](https://ordairportguide.com/to/rosemont/) Rosemont: the River Road hotels, the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and the Fashion Outlets of Chicago Rosemont is one stop up the Blue Line from O'Hare, and its River Road hotels are 1.8 to 1.9 miles from Terminal 5 by road, about 6 to 7 minutes by car. A hotel shuttle or a short cab ride is the easy way in. Compared: Hotel shuttle, Taxi, CTA Blue Line, Pace Route 330 bus, Metra North Central Service ### [O'Hare to the Western Suburbs and the La Grange Road Station](https://ordairportguide.com/to/western-suburbs-la-grange-road/) Along Mannheim and LaGrange Roads south to Archer Avenue and Harlem Avenue in Summit; the La Grange Road station serves Amtrak and the Metra BNSF Line Route 330 is the Pace bus for the western suburbs. It leaves from the Multi-Modal Facility and runs south along Mannheim and LaGrange Roads, calling at the La Grange Road station for Amtrak and the Metra BNSF Line. Compared: Pace Route 330 bus, Taxi ### [O'Hare to Wrigley Field](https://ordairportguide.com/to/wrigley-field/) Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison St. The L reaches Wrigley Field from O'Hare with one change. Ride the Blue Line into the city, switch to the Red Line at Jackson and get off at Addison, the station for the ballpark. Compared: CTA Blue Line, then Red Line, CTA Blue Line, then the #152 Addison bus, Taxi, Rideshare ### [O'Hare to Rate Field for a White Sox Game](https://ordairportguide.com/to/rate-field/) Rate Field, home of the White Sox; Sox/35th is the Red Line stop From O'Hare you ride the Blue Line into the city, change to the Red Line at Jackson and ride south to Sox/35th, the stop for Rate Field. Compared: CTA Blue Line, then Red Line, Taxi, Pre-arranged car, Rideshare ### [O'Hare to Soldier Field for a Bears Game](https://ordairportguide.com/to/soldier-field/) Soldier Field and the Museum Campus; Roosevelt station is a 0.8 mile walk away From O'Hare the train trip is the Blue Line downtown, then a Red Line train from Jackson to Roosevelt station, then a walk. The 128 Soldier Field Express skips the walk. Compared: CTA Blue Line, then Red, Green or Orange Line, CTA Blue Line, then the 128 Soldier Field Express, Taxi, Rideshare, Rental car