Easy way across Chicago?
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Easy way across Chicago?
Arriiving Chicago Midway around 9:30pm on Tuesday - will have wheelie suitcase plus carry on.
Hotel is near O'Hare.
Any particularly good
(or bad!!! 
) methods of transport between the two??
<<edited for arrival time in MDW - not departure time in Orlando>>
Hotel is near O'Hare.
Any particularly good
(or bad!!! ) methods of transport between the two??<<edited for arrival time in MDW - not departure time in Orlando>>
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MDW to ORD
Take the EL (Elevated train in Chicago sometimes called CTA)
Orange line Downtown then switch and get on the Blue line for Ohare
$2
go to ohare and hop the hotel bus back, or exit the train in Rosemont...
Cheers
George
Orange line Downtown then switch and get on the Blue line for Ohare
$2
go to ohare and hop the hotel bus back, or exit the train in Rosemont...
Cheers
George
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George - thanks for that. I guess that comes under the heading of particularly bad methods of getting across Chicago.
I was in MDW last Tuesday and caught the "L" (Orange line) to go into town. $1.50 one way - but took a good 30 minutes.
To do that and then have to get the matching Blue Line back out again doesn't have a pleasant ring to it - especially at 11pm.
I'm going to be there for a few days - I feel a Hertz car coming on!!
I was in MDW last Tuesday and caught the "L" (Orange line) to go into town. $1.50 one way - but took a good 30 minutes.
To do that and then have to get the matching Blue Line back out again doesn't have a pleasant ring to it - especially at 11pm.
I'm going to be there for a few days - I feel a Hertz car coming on!!
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Keygrip, CoachUSA runs an hourly bus service between Midway and O'Hare airports, check their website to see if the service runs this late. www.coachusa.com is the web address.
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Thanks GalleyWench (great name, by the way).
Looked at the nightmare site. Coach USA finishes at 9pm. Darn!!.
There appears to be a shuttle bus that finishes at 10pm (wonder how quick the baggage carousel will work??).
There are "shared vans" whatever they are - or a cab ( for about $40).
Looked at the nightmare site. Coach USA finishes at 9pm. Darn!!.
There appears to be a shuttle bus that finishes at 10pm (wonder how quick the baggage carousel will work??).
There are "shared vans" whatever they are - or a cab ( for about $40).
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Well, I got that one wrong.
Cab was $103.68 to cross Chicago - to be fair driver did warn me before departure from Midway that the charge would be "meter times one and a half". The meter clocked around $68.
Cab was $103.68 to cross Chicago - to be fair driver did warn me before departure from Midway that the charge would be "meter times one and a half". The meter clocked around $68.
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Ripped off...
More complex than that:
Shared rides from Midway to O'Hare cost $35 per person. Some suburbs are indeed 1.5 times meter from the airport. The main ones are not.
http://www.yellowcabchicago.com/rates.htm
Local cab companies operate fixed rates to many locations. For example, I did Oak Park to O'Hare for $33 a month ago.
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Shared rides from Midway to O'Hare cost $35 per person. Some suburbs are indeed 1.5 times meter from the airport. The main ones are not.
http://www.yellowcabchicago.com/rates.htm
Local cab companies operate fixed rates to many locations. For example, I did Oak Park to O'Hare for $33 a month ago.
Momo
