Cheapest day to travel | Tuesday |
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Most expensive day to travel | Friday |
Average price (round-trip) | $245 |
Average price (one-way) | $101 |
The departure train station for trains from New York to Chicago is the Penn Station. Located in the heart of Manhattan, the station offers direct access to New York City, and travelers can easily walk to various destinations like Times Square. Travelers can get on NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road to get to the station. Travelers can get on the M34 bus to get from the station to their preferred destinations. At the lower concourse, it features a Shake Shack where visitors can get snacks. The Amtrak waiting area has charging ports and washrooms at the main concourse. Additional amenities include luggage storage facilities, a sales ticket office, payphones, and ATMs.
Most trains offer restaurants on board for this route with meal options ranging from full-course meals to snacks. Amtrak offers meal services for first-class passengers.
Amtrak from New York to Chicago has free Wi-Fi with enough bandwidth to keep passengers connected and entertained.
There are no pets allowed on trains from New York to Chicago. The train ride takes longer than seven hours, which is the maximum journey time for pets on board.
The train journey from New York to Chicago takes 20h 47m on average and covers a distance of 710 miles.
Amtrak is the only train operator serving this route.
The average price of a round-trip train ticket from New York to Chicago is $274. In the last 3 days, the lowest price found by KAYAK users was $270.