Amtrak operates a train from Homewood to Champaign-Urbana 3 times a day. Tickets cost $4 - $80 and the journey takes 1h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chicago, IL (Station) to Champaign via 63rd Street & Cottage Grove, Midway Orange Line Station, and Chicago Midway Airport in around 4h 37m. Airlines. American Airlines.