--- title: "O'Hare to Evanston ยท ORD Airport Guide" description: "Pace Route 250 is the bus to Evanston. It leaves from the Multi-Modal Facility rather than the terminals." url: "https://ordairportguide.com/to/evanston/" updated: "2026-10-31" airport: "ORD" type: "place" --- > Independent guide, not the official ORD website. All pages: https://ordairportguide.com/llms.txt # O'Hare to Evanston 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. Updated October 31, 2026 More in our guide: [O'Hare to Evanston by bus](https://ordairportguide.com/guides/ohare-evanston-bus/). - **Where:** Evanston: Downtown Evanston, along Dempster Street - **Ways compared:** Pace Route 250 bus, Taxi, Rideshare ## Every way to get to Evanston, compared | Way | Time | Cost | First from ORD | Last from ORD | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pace Route 250 bus | None published | $2.00 with a Ventra card, mobile wallet, app or contactless bank card; $2.25 in cash with no transfers; reduced fare $1.00 by card, $1.10 in cash | 5:45 a.m. weekdays, 7:15 a.m. Saturdays, 7:17 a.m. Sundays and holidays, from the Multi-Modal Facility | 10:20 p.m. weekdays, 10:08 p.m. Saturdays, 10:09 p.m. Sundays and holidays, from the Multi-Modal Facility | | Taxi | None published | The meter alone; no fare or distance published for the trip | None published | None published | | Rideshare | None published | None published | None published | None published | ## Pace Route 250 bus Route 250 isn't a CTA bus. Take the free Airport Transit System from any terminal to the Multi-Modal Facility at 10255 W. Zemke Blvd; the full run from Terminal 1 takes about 10 minutes. Pace buses load at bus bays 8 and 9. The route serves posted stops only. Des Plaines Metra station connects to Metra's Union Pacific Northwest line, Dempster-Skokie station to the CTA Skokie Swift (the Yellow Line), and Davis Street to the CTA Purple Line and Metra's Union Pacific North line. Pace publishes a PDF schedule and a live bus tracker for each direction. [Pace Route 250 bus at ORD: boarding point and full details](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/pace-route-250/) ## Taxi Taxis wait at the stand on the lower-level curb outside baggage claim at every terminal. Use the marked stand, and turn down rides offered outside it or on the departure level. The meter charges a $3.25 flag covering the first ninth of a mile, then $0.31 for each further ninth, plus a $4 airport departure tax. A $2.50 rush hour surcharge applies from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and a $1.00 overnight surcharge from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Evanston is on the city's straight-meter list, so a cab pays the meter alone rather than the meter plus one half. Each mile adds about $2.79; multiply your mileage by that rate for a rough fare. [Taxi at ORD: boarding point and full details](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/taxi/) ## Rideshare Pickups are on the upper level: Terminal 2 at the orange poles 2A to 2G, Terminal 3 at the green poles 3G, 3H, 3J and 3K. The airport names no poles for Terminals 1 or 5. You can also take rideshare, but no fare or time is published for this trip. [Rideshare at ORD: boarding point and full details](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/rideshare/) ## Good to know - Route 250 is the local bus on a corridor that the Pulse Dempster Line serves more often. On weekdays Pulse runs every 15 minutes from about 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., then every 20 minutes until about 1:00 a.m. On weekends and holidays it runs every 15 minutes from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and every 20 minutes early and late. - Pulse Dempster also connects at the O'Hare Multi-Modal Facility. - Pace also names Lutheran General Hospital, Notre Dame High School and Maine East High School as major destinations on Route 250. - A suburban company's cab has to be booked by phone first. ## Questions about Evanston ### Is there a shuttle from ORD to Evanston? The shuttle or bus option is Pace Route 250 bus (None published; $2.00 with a Ventra card, mobile wallet, app or contactless bank card; $2.25 in cash with no transfers; reduced fare $1.00 by card, $1.10 in cash). [Pace Route 250 bus at ORD](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/pace-route-250/) Sources: Pace, Chicago Department of Aviation, Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, Chicago Transit Authority ## Related [Evanston bus guide](https://ordairportguide.com/guides/ohare-evanston-bus/)[Pace Route 250](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/pace-route-250/)[Airport Transit System](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/airport-transit-system/)[Taxis at ORD](https://ordairportguide.com/transport/taxi/) ## Other places [Downtown Chicago](https://ordairportguide.com/to/downtown-chicago/)[Loop and Michigan Avenue hotels](https://ordairportguide.com/to/loop-michigan-avenue-hotels/)[Chicago Union Station (Amtrak)](https://ordairportguide.com/to/union-station-amtrak/)[Midway Airport](https://ordairportguide.com/to/midway-airport/)[Milwaukee](https://ordairportguide.com/to/milwaukee/)[McCormick Place](https://ordairportguide.com/to/mccormick-place/)[Rosemont](https://ordairportguide.com/to/rosemont/)[Western suburbs and the La Grange Road station](https://ordairportguide.com/to/western-suburbs-la-grange-road/)[Wrigley Field (Cubs)](https://ordairportguide.com/to/wrigley-field/)[Rate Field (White Sox)](https://ordairportguide.com/to/rate-field/)[Soldier Field (Bears)](https://ordairportguide.com/to/soldier-field/)[All places](https://ordairportguide.com/to/)