Need Metro directions from O Hare

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Permalink Reply by Chuck on September 16, 2009 at 2:28pm

We were there last April and my check on the Chiccago Transit System revealed that there was not at all like D.C. or New York.
If it was me I would call the Chicago Airport System customer service hotline at 1-773-686-2200. They could help you with public transportation from the Airport to Recruit Training Command. I do not believe there is any direct route between O’Hare and The Naval Station.
Where are you staying? The train station at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center is not really near anything. It is near the Main Gates of the Recruit Training Command and Naval Training Center. The motels are not easy walking distance from the train station.
Could you ask your sailor's recruiter for a Morale Welfare and Recreation contact at Great Lake Naval Station, maybe they could help? Here is their website: http://www.mwrgl.com//default.htm

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on September 16, 2009 at 10:40pm

Click for the Metra Rail Website

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Bentson on September 24, 2009 at 10:07am

Thanks guys...I found detailed directions by calling Metra. For those wondering ....Take people mover at O Hare to LOT E. Walk to LOT F. Go in train station up to platform to train to Union Station. Transfer to Union Station . At Union Go to North Concourse (tracks 5,7,9,11) Go out lobby to Madison Walk to stairs to Madison Ave. Look for big Blue Glass Building (Ogilivie Station) Up to UP-N up escalator. Go to Union Pacific North. Take train to Great Lakes station. It wii be about $3 for the first 30 minute leg and $5 for the one hour second leg. I will update this when I get back from a 10/16 PIR with my own version.

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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on September 30, 2009 at 7:34pm

Rent a car or take a airport shuttle to GL!........Taking the Metra.....will take way tooooo....long!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on September 30, 2009 at 7:42pm

If U don't have a really great book and lots of time to KILL!!!!.....Don't take the Metra!.....The route from GL and Ogilvie Station!.........is 4E!!!!!!

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