Is there rail transportation from Chicago O'Hare to waukegan Illinois?

Answer 1

We are flying into Chicago O'Hare and need to get to Waukegan, is there a train service, we are looking for something economical.

At O'Hare follow the signs UP from the ticketing level to the Airport Transit System (ATS or "People Mover"). Do not go down to "Trains to City" or "CTA trains" tunnel. Do not go to the bus center.

Take the ATS to the Kiss-n-Fly area at the edge of Parking Lot E.

Board Pace bus #250 Dempster.

Take the bus to the other end of the line.

It will stop at the CTA Davis Street Evanston train station. About a block west is the Metra UP North Line station.

Enter the Metra UP North Line station. (If the station has gates where you must insert a fare card to pass through, you are at the CTA station, not the Metra station.) Take a northbound train to Waukegan. Note that the trains run on the LEFT side of the tracks. The signs will say "Trains FROM Chicago" or "Trains FROM city." On the southbound side of the tracks is a station house. It has a ticket window that is open weekday mornings. If the ticket window is open, they charge an extra $2 if you pay on the train instead of buying a ticket.

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