Thanks to Carl from Busbud for pointing out this new service. My current advice is to take the Greyhound/Trailways/Megabus from Chicago direct to Iowa City, and then get the new 380 Express bus (currently $3.50 one way) to Cedar Rapids. The connecting bus, coming as it is from downstate Illinois, is much more likely to be on time, and you are that much more likely to miss it. ![]() You are also taking the chance that your bus from Chicago will be on time, which from experience I would say is unlikely. You probably won't have time at Iowa City's bus station to do it. In order to attempt this at all, you would need to buy separate tickets for each part of the itinerary, Chicago-Iowa City, and Iowa City-Cedar Rapids, and in advance. Making such a connection is a crapshoot at best, which is why the web site does not offer it. You would then be required to transfer to another bus, BTW schedule 1490, which is scheduled to depart Iowa City at exactly that time, 3:50 pm, arriving at CID at 4:30 pm. This unbookable itinerary starts with BTW schedule 1205 in Chicago, leaving at 11:00 am and arriving in Iowa City at 3:50 pm. ![]() ![]() It might be possible to do this by bus, but neither the Greyhound nor Burlington Trailways websites will show the itinerary as valid, since it requires literally a zero minute connection in Iowa City, and you have a very high risk of missing the connection.
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