Find trains from Philadelphia to Chicago

See available tickets from Philadelphia to Chicago for this week that start at $109 one-way. At $222 on average, one-way train tickets from Philadelphia to Chicago are best booked early to save more on your trip.

26h 45m is the fastest available option to arrive in Chicago from Philadelphia by train. Your arrival can differ by about 0h 05m. This largely depends on whether your train ride includes stops or a direct route from Philadelphia to Chicago. Amtrak has the quickest available train to your destination.

The cost of booking a train from Philadelphia to Chicago is around $222 one-way. You can expect the price to be consistent throughout the next 3 months.

Amtrak will take you from Philadelphia to Chicago. Amtrak has been recently found as the cheapest option from $174 round-trip.

The distance between Philadelphia and Chicago is about 663.6 mi in a straight line. The train route will be significantly longer to account for any stops and obstacles. The train takes 26h 45m, typically.

We’ve found that taking a flight from Philadelphia to Chicago with Frontier is more time-efficient when based simply on travel duration. A train from Philadelphia to Chicago or a bus from Philadelphia to Chicago can take you longer than a 2h 14m flight.

Taking a flight to your destination is the cheapest option we’ve found in the past few days. The cheapest price we’ve found for this option is $60, making it less expensive than a train from Philadelphia to Chicago and cheaper than a bus from Philadelphia to Chicago.