There are 10 ways to get from Tehachapi to Chicago by bus, train, plane, bus (Amtrak, Greyhound, Flixbus), or car
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Bus, train to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
best- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride EB to MetroLink/Sierra Hwy.bus
- Take the train from Lancaster to Burbank - Downtowntrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane BUR - MDW
10h 21mBus, bus to Ontario International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB to Bakersfield Amtrakbus
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Ontario Amtrakbus
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane ONT - ORD
11h 21m$156–583Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride EB to MetroLink/Sierra Hwy.bus 100
- Take the train from Lancaster to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
2dBus
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB to Bakersfield Amtrakbus 100
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
2d 5h$397–751Drive 1,988.9 mi
- Drive from Tehachapi to Chicagocar 1,988.9 mi
31h 12m$363–525Bus, train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride EB to MetroLink/Sierra Hwy.bus
- Take the train from Lancaster to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane LAX - ORD
10h 57mBus, train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride EB to MetroLink/Sierra Hwy.bus
- Take the train from Lancaster to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane LAX - MDW
10h 53mBus, bus to Ontario International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB to Bakersfield Amtrakbus
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Ontario Amtrakbus
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane ONT - MDW
11h 2m$236–953Bus, train to Long Beach Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride EB to MetroLink/Sierra Hwy.bus
- Take the train from Lancaster to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Long Beach Airport (LGB) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane LGB - MDW
12h 20mBus to Harry Reid International Airport, fly to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tehachapi Amtrak Bus Stop to South Strip Transit Terminalbus
- Fly from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane LAS - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
12h 26m$601–1,294
Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tehachapi to Chicago is to bus and fly which costs $150 - $600 and takes 11h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Tehachapi to Chicago is to bus and fly which takes 11h 2m and costs $230 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Tehachapi to Chicago station. However, there are services departing from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB and arriving at Chicago Bus Station via Bakersfield, Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Tehachapi and Chicago is 1879 miles. The road distance is 2000.5 miles.
The best way to get from Tehachapi to Chicago without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 21m to get from Tehachapi to Chicago, including transfers.
Tehachapi to Chicago bus services, operated by Kern Transit, depart from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB station.
Tehachapi to Chicago bus services, operated by Kern Transit, arrive at Bakersfield Amtrak station.
Chicago is 2h ahead of Tehachapi. It is currently 6:44 PM in Tehachapi and 8:44 PM in Chicago.
Yes, the driving distance between Tehachapi to Chicago is 2001 miles. It takes approximately 31h 12m to drive from Tehachapi to Chicago.
What companies run services between Tehachapi, CA, USA and Chicago, IL, USA?
You can take a bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB to Chicago Bus Station via Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Union Station, and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Harry Reid International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Provo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–330
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Lancaster to Burbank - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Lancaster to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 800-323-2396
- Website
- kerntransit.org
Bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride EB to MetroLink/Sierra Hwy.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB to Bakersfield Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://kerntransit.org/
- Schedules at
- https://kerntransit.org/routes-and-schedules/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Tehachapi Park & Ride WB to Bakersfield Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Bakersfield to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Bakersfield to Ontario Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Tehachapi Amtrak Bus Stop to South Strip Transit Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $320–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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