Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Transportaton to Addison?

Hello. I'm currently a college student at a 2 year school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I'm graduating in the fall of 2009 and I plan on moving to addison, illinois to attend Devry University. This month on October 17, I plan to travel to Addison, Illinois to take a tour of the school and meet with an adviser. I will be traveling via greyhound to the bus station located at 630 W HARRISON ST. The school is located at 1221 N. Swift Rd. What form of transportation can I take from the greyhound bus station in chicago to Devry Universtiy located in Addison, Illinois? I'm looking for a not so expensive mode of transportation to take me from the greyhound bus station to devry and vice versa.
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You will be going from the Greyhound station to Union Station. If you are traveling on a weekday, you can cross Des Plaines and take a #156 or #157 bus from the Harrison & Des Plaines bus loop, right across the street from the Greyhound station, to Union Station. At any time, you can take a #60 bus eastbound on Harrison. Or, you can walk, it's only three blocks east and three blocks north. Or a short cab ride. It really depends on how much time you have to catch the train. You will take the Metra train west to Addison. It will be at Union station at Canal & Adams, follow the signs inside Union station to the North Concourse. You wil be on the Milwaukee District West Line, but I'm not sure which station. Buy a round trip ticket before you get on the train--you pay an extra fee to buy it from the conductor. Call DeVry at 630-953-1300 and ask which Metra station they're near and if it's close enough to walk. They have cabs at bigger stations. Too bad you aren't getting there via Amtrak. It would be a simple matter of walking from the south end of the train station to the north end of the same train station.
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There are more than one campus for DeVry. Make sure you enter the correct address on the following transportation site. The Greyhound bus terminal is one of the locations on the pull-down menu. There are 2 possible routes on train and bus. It's about a 2 hr ride but the fare is under $6.00. See below: http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/