Steinzeit posted:rdunniii posted:Getting from Union Station to Lombard is easy. I take the BNSF Metra line from Union Station to Downers Grove and the hotel shuttle comes and picks me up. It's how I get back to Union Station too ......
Have you considered taking Metra west to Naperville and catching the CZ there ? Looks to me [ assuming you are leaving Sunday ] like a significant time saver, even allowing for some Metra delay.
SZ
You are exactly correct. However, you have to deal with Amtrak's reservation and management system which does not allow round trip reservations to have differing end points. And if you do not show up at the Chicago endpoint before the return trip starts your return reservation will be cancelled and you will be denied boarding at any intermediate point down the line and will not be refunded anything. You can, of course, make 2 one way trips but interestingly it seems sleeper rooms are available from Chicago but not Naperville when you go to make two one way reservations.
On the flip side, weather permitting, you get about 2 hours to leave the station after checking in to get some Chicago style pizza 
