There are 11 ways to get from Chicago to Colonial Heights by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, subway, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane ORD - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Colonial Heightsbus
6h 19m$114–400Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane MDW - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Colonial Heightsbus
7h 37m$102–1,067Bus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Washington Union Stationbus Greyhound US0164
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Colonial Heightsbus FlixBus N2471
20h$148–273Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain Floridian
22h 7m$260–600Drive 775.9 mi
- Drive from Chicago to Colonial Heightscar 775.9 mi
13h 57m$142–205Subway to Chicago Midway International Airport, fly to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Take the subway from Roosevelt to Midwaysubway
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane MDW - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Colonial Heightsbus
5h 46m$104–610Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane MDW - ORF
- Take the train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
7h 17m$136–863Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Norfolk International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane ORD - ORF
- Take the train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
7h 50m$136–663Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane ORD - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Potomac Ave, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the bus from Washington, DC - 2305 Pennsylvania Ave to Colonial Heights, VA - 961 Temple Avebus
8h$388–707Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Charlottesville, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Charlottesville (CHO)plane ORD - CHO
- Take the bus from Charlottesville Amtrak Station to Richmond Main Street Amtrak Stationbus
8h 30m$108–390Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MDW - DCA
- Take the train from Alexandria to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
8h 14m$202–1,358
Chicago to Colonial Heights by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Colonial Heights is to drive which costs $140 - $210 and takes 13h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Colonial Heights is to subway and fly and bus which takes 5h 46m and costs $100 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Chicago station to Colonial Heights. However, there are services departing from Chicago Bus Station and arriving at Colonial Heights via Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h.
The distance between Chicago and Colonial Heights is 692 miles. The road distance is 780.4 miles.
The best way to get from Chicago to Colonial Heights without a car is to bus which takes 20h and costs $140 - $280.
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Chicago to Colonial Heights, including transfers.
Chicago to Colonial Heights bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Chicago Bus Station.
The best way to get from Chicago to Colonial Heights is to bus which takes 20h and costs $140 - $280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $260 - $600 and takes 22h 7m.
Chicago to Colonial Heights bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Colonial Heights is 1h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 4:43 PM in Chicago and 5:43 PM in Colonial Heights.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Colonial Heights, City of Colonial Heights, VA, USA?
You can take a bus from Chicago Bus Station to Colonial Heights via Washington Union Station in around 20h. Alternatively, Amtrak operates a train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station once daily. Tickets cost $260–600 and the journey takes 20h 56m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Norfolk International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via State College
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Charlottesville via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–310
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Norfolk International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Charlottesville via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Charlottesville via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–19
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Alexandria to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888-968-7282
- Website
- transitchicago.com
Subway from Roosevelt to Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.transitchicago.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.transitchicago.com/schedules/
- Adult
- $2–5
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $11–230
- Business Class
- $55–260
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from Alexandria to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–290
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Potomac Ave, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $6–9
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Colonial Heights
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Colonial Heights
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 617-681-0820
- support@coachrun.com
- Website
- coachrun.com
Bus from Washington, DC - 2305 Pennsylvania Ave to Colonial Heights, VA - 961 Temple Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Website
- https://www.coachrun.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Charlottesville Amtrak Station to Richmond Main Street Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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