There are 11 ways to get from Chicago to Simi Valley by plane, train, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Amtrak), car, or bus
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Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)MDW - BUR
- Take the train from Burbank Airport - South to Moorpark
9h 21m$160–719Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)ORD - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Moorpark
11h 6m$108–385Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los AngelesSouthwest Chief / ...
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Simi Valley AmtrakPacific Surfliner
47h 14m$241–1,663Bus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Las Vegas BusTerminal
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Oxnard
2d 2hDrive 2,031.6 mi
- Drive from Chicago to Simi Valley2,031.6 mi
31h 58m$371–536Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)MDW - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Moorpark
10h 46m$134–515Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Long Beach Airport (LGB)MDW - LGB
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Moorpark
11h 54m$158–627Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Ontario International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)MDW - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Moorpark
12h 7m$188–780Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)MDW - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Moorpark Amtrak
12h 49m$218–854Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)ORD - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Moorpark Amtrak
13h 21m$150–480Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)ORD - PSP
- Take the bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Moorpark Amtrak
13h 44m
Chicago to Simi Valley by train and bus (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Simi Valley is to fly and train which costs $100 - $390 and takes 11h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Simi Valley is to fly and train which takes 9h 21m and costs $160 - $750.
The distance between Chicago and Simi Valley is 1801 miles. The road distance is 2043.5 miles.
The best way to get from Chicago to Simi Valley without a car is to train which takes 47h 14m and costs $240 - $1,700.
It takes approximately 9h 21m to get from Chicago to Simi Valley, including transfers.
The best way to get from Chicago to Simi Valley is to train which takes 47h 14m and costs $240 - $1,700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 2h.
Simi Valley is 2h behind Chicago. It is currently 5:42 AM in Chicago and 3:42 AM in Simi Valley.
Yes, the driving distance between Chicago to Simi Valley is 2043 miles. It takes approximately 31h 58m to drive from Chicago to Simi Valley.
There are 172+ hotels available in Simi Valley.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Simi Valley, CA, USA?
You can take a train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles Avenue and First Street via Los Angeles, Simi Valley Amtrak, and Metrolink Simi Valley in around 47h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chicago Bus Station to Simi Town Center EB via Denver Union Station, Las Vegas BusTerminal, South Strip Transit Terminal, Oxnard, Oxnard, Moorpark Amtrak, and Moorpark Station EB in around 2d 2h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Albuquerque
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Burbank Airport - South to Moorpark
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $7–10
Train from L.A. Union Station to Moorpark
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $9–12
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $8–11
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Simi Valley Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Moorpark Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Moorpark Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–27
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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 Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Las Vegas BusTerminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Oxnard
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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