Travel to Chicago

Metra suburban trains run from Union Station and nearby Ogilvie/Northwestern Station (Canal St and Madison St), which are west of the Loop. Some southern lines run from stations on the east side of the Loop. The suburban trains run as far as Kenosha, Aurora, and Joliet, while the South Shore line runs through Indiana as far as South Bend.

Car

I-55 (the Stevenson Expressway) will take you from the southwest city and the southwest suburbs to downtown Chicago.

 I-90/94 (called The Dan Ryan south of downtown) comes in from Indiana to the east (via the Chicago Skyway - I-90 and Bishop Ford Freeway - I-94)

from central Illinois (via I-57). I-90 (called The Kennedy north of downtown) comes in from the northwest city and northwest suburbs.

 I-94 (called the Edens Expressway) comes in from the North Side and the northern suburbs to downtown.

 I-80 runs south of the city in an east-west direction, linking with several north-south expressways.

I-90, consists of I-88 which serves the west suburbs