North Central Illinois Public Transportation

Lee-Ogle Transportation System (LOTS)
Lee-Ogle Transportation System (LOTS)
Northern Illinois University Huskie Bus Lines
(DeKalb)
Voluntary Action Center (VAC)
KATKendall Area Transit (KAT)
1-877-4-GO-4KAT [446-4528]
http://vacdk.com/about-kat/
Grundy Transit System (GTS)
North Central Area Transit (NCAT)
BPARTBureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit (BPART)
BPARTBureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit (BPART)
JCTJo Daviess County Transit (JCT)
CCTCarroll County Transit (CCT)
PCATPretzel City Area Transit (PCAT)
SMTDStateline MTD (SMTD)
RMTDRockford MTD (RMTD)
815-961-9000
Paratransit# 815-961-2257
www.rmtd.org
Boone County Public Transportation (BCPT)
1-815-544-9893
https://www.boonecountyil.org/page/public-transportation
Click the markers on the map above for more information.
Connect to your destination: PUBLIC TRANSIT
Check your local transportation providers on the map to access rides to:
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Region 1
Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, and Carroll counties.


Carroll County Transit
1-815-244-0011

Stateline Mass Transit District (Winnebago County)
877-561-3330

Jo Daviess County Transit
1-815-777-8088

Boone County Public Transportation
1-815-544-9893

Pretzel City Area Transit (Stephenson County)
1-815-235-RIDE [7433]

Rockford Mass Transit District
815-961-9000
Paratransit# 815-961-2257
Region 3
Lee, Ogle, DeKalb, Bureau, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy, and Putnam counties.


Lee-Ogle Transportation System
1-888-239-9228 / 815-288-2117

Bureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit
1-877-874-8813

Voluntary Action Center (DeKalb County)
815-758-6641

Northern Illinois University Huskie Bus Lines (DeKalb)
815-758-6900

Kendall Area Transit
1-877-4-GO-4KAT [446-4528]

North Central Area Transit (LaSalle County)
1-833-433-6228

Grundy Transit System
1-888-786-0862
More Public Transportation Options

Burlington Trailways
Burlington Trailways is a privately owned and operated motor coach company providing serivce across the Midwest. One of the intercity bus routes offers is the I-80 Route from Chicago to Moline. This route stops in LaSalle county at Shell Gas station: 5247 Trompeter Rd. Peru, IL.
Amtrak
Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day — at speeds up to 150 mph — to more than 500 destinations in 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces. Two lines run through the North Central IL area.
California Zephyr
Run from Chicago to San Francisco and departs three days a week. Stops include Chicago's Union Station, Naperville, Princeton, and Galesburg.
Illinois Servcie
These routes go through more than 25 Illinois cities.
Illinois Zephyr: daily service between Chicago and Quincy,
Illini Service: daily service between Chicago and Carbondale, IL
Saluki: daily service between Chicago and Carbondale, IL
Carl Sandburg: daily service between Chicago and Quincy, IL
Lincoln Service: daily service between Chicago and St. Louis, MO


Greyhound - Heart of Illinois
Greyhound Lines, Inc. is the largest provider of intercity bus transportation. The Heart of Illinois runs two routes daily with convenient stops along I-39.
One route runs in the order below from Chicago to Danville and the other route runs in reverse order from Danville to Chicago.
- Chicago
- Elgin
- Rockford
- Rochelle
- Oglesby
- Bloomington/Normal
- Champaign
- Danville
Greyhound - Chicago I-88 Route
Greyhound is well known for its regularly scheduled passenger intercity bus service. The I-88 Route is from Chicago to Davenport, IA.
7 Convenient stops in:
- Chicago
- Naperville/Aurora
- DeKalb/Northern Illinois University
- Rochelle
- Dixon
- Moline
- Davenport


Windstar Lines
Windstar Lines moved into their Rockford, Illinois location in 2015 to provide charter bus services throughout Illinois and the Midwest. There are many customer groups they serve including airport shuttles at the Chicago-Rockford Airport, travel clubs, churches, college and pro athletics, corporate/business groups, tour group operators, casinos, resorts, schools and colleges, shuttle services, military, and weddings.
Coach USA / Van Galder
Coach USA is one of the largest transportation companies in North America. Van Galder Bus services the Rockford, IL area offering shuttles to O'Hare Airport and intercity bus routes to Downton Chicago, South Beloit, Janesville - WI, and Madison - WI.
Van Galder Terminal: 7559 Walton St. | Rockford, IL
Our shuttle bus will stop off Bell School Road, one block south of East State St. Facility is temporarily unstaffed. Parking is free.
