Chicago → Madison
Chicago to Madison by coach
Chicago
Madison
A direct coach runs from Chicago to Madison, scheduled from 3 h 50 min, with 105 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 3 h 50 min
- Departures in a timetable week
- 105
- Operator
- Van Galder (Coach USA)
- Stations
- W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St (across from Union Station) → 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Straight-line distance
- 198 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inMadison →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 1 Nov 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Chicago to Madison; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): Megabus US. How Head Your Way works.
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