GARE FERROVIAIRE AMTRAK

The Hiawatha line operates six to seven times daily. It departs from Chicago's Union Station and drops you off right in downtown Milwaukee, near 5th Street and the lake. The journey time is an hour and a half, and you avoid the stress of traffic on the major highways. From Chicago, you can take connections to five hundred American cities if you wish. The legendary Empire Builder line leaves Chicago and winds its way through Milwaukee to Seattle (for a total journey time of 46 hours!).