There are 10 ways to get from Meriden to Kankakee by train, plane, train (Amtrak), bus, or car
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Train to Bradley International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Meriden to Windsor Lockstrain
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane BDL - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
7h 58m$77–569Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Meriden to Springfieldtrain
- Take the train from Springfield to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
24h$133–925Bus, train
- Take the bus from New Haven Union Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicagobus
- Take the train from Homewood to Kankakeetrain
28h 3m$132–244Drive 899.7 mi
- Drive from Meriden to Kankakeecar 899.7 mi
15h 1m$165–238Train to Bradley International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, train
- Take the train from Meriden to Windsor Lockstrain
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane BDL - MDW
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
7h 38m$104–716Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from New Haven to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane LGA - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
10h 10m$84–504Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, train
- Take the train from New Haven to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane LGA - MDW
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
9h 55m$111–711Train to Westchester County Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from New Haven to Stamfordtrain
- Fly from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane HPN - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
11h 18m$79–1,158Train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, train
- Take the train from New Haven to Providencetrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PVD - MDW
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
10h 39m$94–1,240Bus, train via Baltimore
- Take the bus from State St @ Meriden RR Station to Temple St @ New Haven Greenbus 215 / ...
- Take the bus from New Haven Union Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Baltimore Downtown Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakeetrain
30h 4m$125–327
Meriden to Kankakee by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Meriden to Kankakee is to bus and train which costs $130 - $250 and takes 28h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Meriden to Kankakee is to train and fly which takes 7h 38m and costs $100 - $750.
No, there is no direct train from Meriden to Kankakee. However, there are services departing from Meriden and arriving at Kankakee via Springfield and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h.
The distance between Meriden and Kankakee is 894 miles. The road distance is 905 miles.
The best way to get from Meriden to Kankakee without a car is to train which takes 24h and costs $130 - $950.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Meriden to Kankakee, including transfers.
Meriden to Kankakee train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Meriden station.
Kankakee is 1h behind Meriden. It is currently 3:53 AM in Meriden and 2:53 AM in Kankakee.
Meriden to Kankakee train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Springfield station.
Yes, the driving distance between Meriden to Kankakee is 905 miles. It takes approximately 15h 1m to drive from Meriden to Kankakee.
What companies run services between Meriden, CT, USA and Kankakee, IL, USA?
You can take a train from Meriden to Kankakee via Springfield and Chicago Union Station in around 24h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–370
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–390
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Meriden to Windsor Locks
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Kankakee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–24
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Meriden to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Springfield to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Homewood to Kankakee
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Haven to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Meriden to Windsor Locks
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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 Meriden to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–210
- Business Class
- $45–240
Train from New Haven to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $5–200
- Business Class
- $45–240
Train from New Haven to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $15–240
- Business Class
- $65–280
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- mta.info
Train from New Haven to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $17–19
- Peak
- $22–26
Train from New Haven to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $12–14
- Peak
- $16–19
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from New Haven to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $9–440
- First Class
- $100–600
Train from New Haven to Providence
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $26–460
- First Class
- $140–650
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from New Haven Union Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–40
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $10–40
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $30–65
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from New Haven Union Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $110–180
- Phone
- +1 860-525-9181
- Website
- cttransit.com
Bus from State St @ Meriden RR Station to Temple St @ New Haven Green
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.cttransit.com
- Book at
- https://buypasses.storesecured.com
- Two-Hour Pass
- $2
- Two-Hour Pass express
- $4–5
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