There are 10 ways to get from Pickering to Chicago by bus, plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, tram, or shuttle
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Line 56 bus to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Take the bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Richmond Hill Centrebus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane YYZ - ORD
6h 15m$193–479Bus via Kitchener
cheapest- Take the bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Bramalea GO Busbus 56
- Take the bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Busbus 30
- Take the bus from Kitchener to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
15h 59m$73–188Train via Detroit
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Windsortrain VIA Rail
- Take the train from Detroit to Chicago Union Stationtrain Wolverine
12h 58m$84–203Bus
- Take the bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Square Onebus 56
- Take the bus from Mississauga to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
15h 57m$75–172Drive 532.1 mi
- Drive from Pickering to Chicagocar 532.1 mi
8h 58m$122–176Line 112 bus, train, line 509 tram to Toronto Island Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from Peter Matthews Northbound @ Alexander Knox to Pickering Parkway Terminal Platform B12bus
- Take the train from Pickering GO to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the tram from Toronto Union Station to Fleet St at Bathurst St West Sidetram
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane YTZ - ORD
6h 47m$203–489Shuttle to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane BUF - ORD
7h 55m$183–629Line 112 bus, train, line 509 tram to Toronto Island Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Peter Matthews Northbound @ Alexander Knox to Pickering Parkway Terminal Platform B12bus
- Take the train from Pickering GO to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the tram from Toronto Union Station to Fleet St at Bathurst St West Sidetram
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane YTZ - MDW
6h 36m$123–479Shuttle to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane BUF - MDW
7h 44m$213–889Train
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalotrain VIA Rail
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
18h 6m$96–300
Pickering to Chicago by bus, train, and car
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pickering to Chicago is to bus which costs $75 - $180 and takes 15h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Pickering to Chicago is to line 56 bus and fly which takes 6h 15m and costs $190 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Pickering to Chicago station. However, there are services departing from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride and arriving at Chicago Bus Station via Mississauga and Detroit Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 57m.
The distance between Pickering and Chicago is 499 miles. The road distance is 535.2 miles.
The best way to get from Pickering to Chicago without a car is to bus which takes 15h 57m and costs $75 - $180.
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Pickering to Chicago, including transfers.
Pickering to Chicago bus services, operated by GO Transit, depart from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride station.
The best way to get from Pickering to Chicago is to train via Detroit which takes 12h 58m and costs $80 - $210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $75 - $180 and takes 15h 57m.
Pickering to Chicago bus services, operated by GO Transit, arrive at Square One station.
Chicago is 1h behind Pickering. It is currently 3:03 PM in Pickering and 2:03 PM in Chicago.
What companies run services between Pickering, ON, Canada and Chicago, IL, USA?
You can take a bus from Zents Westbound @ Tillings to Chicago Union Station via Pickering Parkway Terminal Platform B12, Pickering GO, Toronto Union Station, Windsor, and Detroit in around 12h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Chicago Bus Station via Square One, Mississauga, and Detroit Bus Station in around 15h 57m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–230
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–490
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–230
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–490
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–490
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–490
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–750
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $40–100
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $40–80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $35–55
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–90
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $26–90
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $26–70
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $23–40
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Detroit to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- gotransit.com
Train from Pickering GO to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/en/see-schedules
- Passenger
- $6–8
- Phone
- +1 416 393 3030
- Website
- ttc.ca
Tram from Toronto Union Station to Fleet St at Bathurst St West Side
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.ttc.ca/
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- gotransit.com
Bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Richmond Hill Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/en/see-schedules
- Passenger
- $5–7
Bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Square One
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/en/see-schedules
- Passenger
- $10–12
Bus from Brock Rd. @ Hwy. 407 Park & Ride to Bramalea GO Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/en/see-schedules
- Passenger
- $8–11
Bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/
- Website
- https://www.gotransit.com/en/see-schedules
- Passenger
- $10–13
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Mississauga to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Kitchener to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $24–90
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 866-247-0055
- Website
- durhamregiontransit.com
Bus from Peter Matthews Northbound @ Alexander Knox to Pickering Parkway Terminal Platform B12
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.durhamregiontransit.com/en/index.aspx
- Schedules at
- https://www.durhamregiontransit.com/Modules/AccessibleSchedules/Index.aspx
- Phone
- 905-374-8111
- airsales@niagaraairbus.com
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Book at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
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