Chicago → Elgin
Chicago to Elgin by train
Chicago
Elgin
A direct train runs from Chicago to Elgin, scheduled from 58 min, with 156 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 58 min (typically 1 h 12 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 156
- Operator
- Metra
- Stations
- Chicago Union Station → Elgin
- Straight-line distance
- 56 km
What this is based on
Arrive inElgin →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 31 Dec 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 Elgin; 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): Metra. How Head Your Way works.
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