There are 12 ways to get from Somerset to Chicago by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, bus, or train
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Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane EWR - ORD
5h 35m$146–889Bus to Lehigh Valley International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Newark Airport Terminal B to Lehigh Valley International Airport Trans Bridge Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane ABE - ORD
8h 32m$131–419Bus
- Take the bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Newark Penn Stationbus 108
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
19h 17m$143–283Train via Ossining
- Take the train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Stationtrain Nec
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
22h 53m$293–642Drive 766.3 mi
- Drive from Somerset to Chicagocar 766.3 mi
13h 7m$140–202Bus to Laguardia Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane LGA - MDW
5h 41m$221–591Bus to Laguardia Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane LGA - ORD
6h 1m$151–691Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane JFK - ORD
6h 35m$330–895Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Take the train from New Brunswick Amtrak Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PHL - MDW
6h 22m$174–422Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane EWR - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
7h 52m$602–903Train, bus
- Take the train from Trenton Transit Center to Gray 30th St Stationtrain Tre
- Take the bus from Philadelphia to Baltimorebus
- Take the bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
26h 22m$141–295Train
- Take the train from New Brunswick to Trenton Transit Centertrain Nec
- Take the train from Trenton to Chicago Union Stationtrain Cardinal
29h 42m$339–721
Somerset to Chicago by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Somerset to Chicago is to train and bus which costs $140 - $300 and takes 26h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Somerset to Chicago is to fly which takes 5h 35m and costs $140 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Somerset to Chicago station. However, there are services departing from New Brunswick Park and Ride and arriving at Chicago Bus Station via Port Authority Bus Terminal and Newark Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Somerset to Chicago station. However, there are services departing from New Brunswick and arriving at Chicago Union Station via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 53m.
The distance between Somerset and Chicago is 763 miles. The road distance is 770.7 miles.
The best way to get from Somerset to Chicago without a car is to bus which takes 19h 17m and costs $140 - $290.
It takes approximately 5h 35m to get from Somerset to Chicago, including transfers.
Somerset to Chicago bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, depart from New Brunswick Park and Ride station.
Somerset to Chicago train services, operated by NJ Transit, depart from New Brunswick station.
The best way to get from Somerset to Chicago is to fly which takes 5h 35m and costs $140 - $900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $290 and takes 19h 17m, you could also train via Ossining, which costs $290 - $650 and takes 22h 53m.
What companies run services between Somerset, Somerset County, NJ, USA and Chicago, IL, USA?
American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Chicago Bus Station via Port Authority Bus Terminal and Newark Penn Station in around 19h 17m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–17
Train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–17
Train from New Brunswick to Trenton Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–15
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–15
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–21
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Brunswick Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Brunswick to Trenton Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Trenton to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $330–700
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 215-580-7800
- Website
- SEPTA
Train from Trenton Transit Center to Gray 30th St Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- SEPTA
- Schedules at
- SEPTA: World Cup 2026
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $15–35
Bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $15–35
Bus from New Brunswick Park and Ride to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $15–35
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–24
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $7–24
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Newark Penn Station
- Saver
- $17–35
- Flexible
- $35–38
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 610-868-6001
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans-Bridge Lines
Bus from Newark Airport Terminal B to Lehigh Valley International Airport Trans Bridge Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- Trans-Bridge Lines
- Schedules at
- Trans-Bridge Lines Schedules
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Philadelphia to Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- Peter Pan
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More Questions & Answers
Somerset to Chicago bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Chicago is 1h behind Somerset. It is currently 3:20 AM in Somerset and 2:20 AM in Chicago.
Somerset to Chicago train services, operated by NJ Transit, arrive at New York Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Somerset to Chicago is 771 miles. It takes approximately 13h 7m to drive from Somerset to Chicago.
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