Airports

If you're flying in or out of Chicago, you'll likely use either Midway or O'Hare Airport. If you can, opt for Midway it's closer to Hyde Park and much smaller. Midway is on the southwest side of Chicago, about 30 minutes from Hyde Park. O'Hare, located in a northwest suburb of Chicago, is at least 45 minutes from campus by car if there is no traffic at all. Because the airport is so large, leave extra time to get around.

Omega Airport Shuttle
Web: www.omegashuttle.com
Phone: 773-483-6634

Provides transportation to and from O’Hare and Midway. The ride to O’Hare takes at least an hour. Call for the schedule or to arrange a pick-up or drop-off that is not on the regular schedule.

Public Transportation
Midway: Take the #55 Garfield CTA bus directly from Midway.
Monday–Friday: 4:40 A.M.–11:45 P.M.
Saturday–Sunday: 4:38 A.M.–12:00 A.M.

From O'Hare: Take the Blue line train downtown and tranfer to the #6 Jackson Park
Express bus (catch it at State and Randolph)
or Metra Electric line train (The station is located at Randolph and Michigan.) The train is a bit nicer.

Continental Airport Express
Web: www.airportexpress.com
Phone: 888-284-3826

Provides airport transportation from the airports to downtown hotels. Make reservations in advance online.

Taxi

At O'Hare and Midway, starters sporting city ID can help you find a taxi and can answer your questions. Door-to-door taxi service from O'Hare to hyde park will run you more than $50. A ride from Midway will cost about $20. Tip not included.

Trains
Amtrak
Web: www.amtrak.com
Union Station
Address: 225 South Canal Street
Phone: 312-558-1075

The Web site features schedules, online reservations, ticketing, and train status.

Metropolitan Rail (Metra)
Web: www.metrarail.com
Phone: 312-322-6777

The 495-mile Metra system serves hundreds of stations in northern Illinois.

Getting to the Union Station

You can reach Hyde Park from Union Station on the #X28 Stony Island Express or by taking the #1 Indiana/Hyde Park bus or the #126 Jackson bus, which can be caught along Adams Street heading west and then transferring to the #173 Lakeview Express or the #6 Jackson Park Express

By foot

You can walk to Michigan Avenue from Union Station, it takes about 20 minutes.

The Bus
Greyhound Bus Lines
Web: www.greyhound.com
630 West Harrison Street
312-408-9980 (Chicago terminal)
800-231-2222 (General information)

If you're taking the bus to Chicago, do yourself a favor and take a taxi from the bus station. Its a bit on the seemy side around this area and its not exactly in the bustling downtown area. Some, I'm sure, will want to come this way for the reverse coolness factor (you know who you are) and I say go for it, but remember bus rides in the USA take forever and you aren't allowed to smoke, drink or act insane. You'll end up being put off the bus in Baltimore, and no one can help you there.