ILLINI WEEKEND GETAWAY
THE CHAMPAIGN OF RIDES!
Transportation
Service from Champaign to Chicago After the
End of the Event
Champaign Transportation Staging
Point • Transportation Means • Chicago
Transportation Staging Point
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Our transportation service from Champaign to Chicago
will occur after the end of the ride on Sunday evening.
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the overall policies and procedures that will apply to all of our
transportation services.
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Champaign
Transportation Staging Point
Our transportation staging point after the end of the event will
be directly at the central rest stop location. We felt this location would
be better than at the
Amtrak train and Greyhound bus station
because the baggage loading has to be
at the central rest stop location since our moving truck has to be there
to transport your baggage since you will still have to pack your shower
items
back
in your baggage after taking a shower. Otherwise you would also have
to bike over to the Amtrak train station
in your street clothes carrying your shower items with you on the bike.
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Here for more information about our transportation staging
point in Champaign after the end of the event
Hotel Baggage Pick Up
If you are staying at the supported hotel and also taking our transportation
service from Champaign to Chicago after the end of the event you should leave
your packed baggage at the hotel front desk by check out time on Sunday morning
and bike over to the central rest stop location. We will pick up your bags
shortly after the check out time so you can have your shower items available
after the ride without you having to carry them with you from the hotel yourself.
Showers
If you take a shower after the ride on Sunday, we will load your bicycle
onto our moving truck while you take a shower. After you are done taking
a shower you should walk back to the central rest stop location to pack your
shower items. We will then load your fully packed baggage into our moving
truck.
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Here for the in town routes between the central
rest stop location and showers and bus stop overlaid on satellite imagery.
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Here for more information about the showers.
Transportation
Means
People Transportation
All participants will travel from Champaign
to Chicago aboard the 392 Illini Amtrak train that is scheduled to depart
Champaign at
7:08 pm
and
arrive in Chicago at 9:45 pm, approximately a 2 hour and 37 minute ride.
This schedule will give you plenty of time to get in a full day of riding
on Sunday,
take a shower, travel from the central rest stop location to the Amtrak train
station in Champaign and from Champaign to Chicago, and be back home with
plenty of time to rest for work on Monday morning the next day.
Registration for our transportation services does
not include your individual train or bus ticket – you will need
to purchase it on your own. We strongly recommend doing so NOW to avoid
any
potential availability issues.
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Here for more information about the Champaign Amtrak train
station.
Our transportation service after the end of the event can only support the
392 Illini Amtrak train schedule since we will only transport bicycles and
baggage in one trip from Champaign to Chicago. If you depart Champaign on
any train or bus schedule earlier than this train, you must
pick up your bike and baggage when our moving truck arrives at the transportation
staging point in Chicago (see below). We will not be able to return your
bike and baggage to you at any other time and we can not hold on to them
for you.
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Here for a list of all daily Amtrak train and Greyhound
bus schedules between Chicago and Champaign.
Getting from the Transportation Staging Point to the Amtrak Train Station
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Vine
St. and Fairlawn Dr. Bus Stop
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
Urbana, IL 61801
Hours: until about 5:46 pm on Sunday
Price: $1.00 cash (paid on the bus)
0.4 miles from the central rest stop location
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You will travel on the 50W Green Westbound bus directly to the Amtrak train
station.
Unfortunately the Amtrak
train station is 3.0 miles from the transportation staging point
which is too far to reasonably walk and you won't be able to bike there
yourself since your bicycle will already be loaded onto our
moving truck. Instead, you will travel
on
the
local 50W Green Westbound bus from the transportation staging point
directly to the Amtrak
train station. In order to catch the bus you will need
to walk 0.5 miles
from the transportation staging
point to the bus stop location at Vine St. and Fairlawn Dr. in Urbana
and directions and a map will be provided. The trip takes approximately
21 minutes, the fare is $1.00 cash (paid on the bus), and the last bus departs
the bus stop at about 5:46 pm which gives you plenty of time to take a
shower
after the end of the ride and arrive at the Amtrak train station
in time
to catch the 392 Illini train that departs at 7:08 pm.
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Here to download the in town cue sheet and map for
the central rest stop location to the bus stop.
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Here for the in town routes between the central
rest stop location and showers and bus stop overlaid on satellite
imagery.
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Here for more information about local bus service in
Champaign.
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Here for more information about in town transportation.
Bicycle
Transportation
We will transport all bicycles ourselves. Our moving truck will depart promptly
after we have loaded all bicycles in Chicago. We will transport all bicycles
ourselves. Our moving truck will depart Champaign promptly at 6:15 pm after the
last participant should arrive
at the Amtrak train station
from the transportation staging point in order to make sure everyone
arrives at the Amtrak train station OK. We expect the trip
from Champaign to Chicago to take about three hours and to arrive in
Chicago at approximately 9:15 pm. This will allow us to be at transportation
staging
point in Chicago before the Amtrak train
arrives so we can immediately return everyone's bike and baggage.
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Here for more information about departures and arrivals
for our transportation services.
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Here for more information about our bicycle transportation.
Baggage
Transportation
Participants will carry their baggage with them directly aboard all trains
and busses.
Chicago
Transportation Staging Point
The transportation staging
point in Chicago after the end of the event will be directly at
the Amtrak train station.
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Here for more information about the Chicago Amtrak train
station.
All bicycles and baggage must be returned after the end of the event,
we will not be able to hold any for you.
Departure Via Local
Public Transportation
If you are planning on departing by taking a CTA L or Metra train, bicycles
are allowed on all weekend trains. Parking
If you need to get your car from the parking
garage after the end of the event we will
watch your bike and baggage at the transportation
staging point while you do so. You will need to to go over to parking garage
yourself, pick up your car, and drive it back to the transportation
staging point.
Participants Staying at the Chicago Hotel
If you will be staying at the Chicago hotel you will need to go over there from
the transportation staging point yourself. Unfortunately we will not be
able
to
drop off your bicycle or baggage directly at the hotel. You will be able to
take
the CTA
L train or bus over to the Chicago hotel from the
transportation staging point. |