Amtrak Station

This is a pretty basic Amtrak station. It’s inside, which is always a plus. There’s bathrooms and vending machines as well, so all in all it’s not a bad place to wait for your train. It’s definitely not the worst train station I’ve been to. It’s always really clean, which is another huge benefit to this train station.
There’s also a machine to order tickets if you haven’t done so, but there’s no actual employees here which is a bit of a bummer. If you have a question about something you better call, google it, or wait for the train to pull in and ask one of them, because there’s no one else around.
Depending on where you’re driving from, this is an easier Milwaukee stop alternative, because at least for us, we don’t have to navigate downtown.

This very conveniently located Amtrak Station can take you to downtown Milwaukee (though you’re better off taking the number 80 County bus from right near the arrival-​baggage claim area) or in the other direction, Sturtevant (west of Racine-​Kenosha), Glenview and Chicago. It’s devoid of human workers, but it’s easy to buy tickets from the machine, or get them ahead of time online. If you’re coming from the airport, take the shuttle, if you’re driving there’s a pretty cheap parking lot in front, if you’re getting dropped off, there’s a convenient drop off lane. The station is not large, and will feel cramped just before trains arrive, come a little early and stake out a personal area on the platform. In inclement weather, there’s an inside part, with clean restrooms. On random occasions, ostensibly to be unpredictable, TSA will make a polite nuisance of themselves, but they will let you keep your shampoo, which is pretty nice of them. If it is crowded, don’t get stuck behind first time riders (you’ll be able to tell quickly by surreptitiously eavesdropping) because the Southbound train to Chicago leaves fairly full from Milwaukee downtown, and you want a seat, so make your way to the platform ahead of anyone who’s going to hesitate too long when the train does arrive.

It’s a bare bones train station, but it’s clean, parking is cheap ($ 6/​day) & it’s never too packed even during rush hour. I’d bump it to a 5 star if there was at least a coffee cart in the morning. Stopping to get coffee on the way? I ain’t got time for that.

This is the best way to get up to Milwaukee from Chicago.
You can leave downtown Chicago and arrive here in about 1.5 hours and it’s around $ 24 each way.
I like getting off here because it is just south of the city and at the airport. In fact only Burbank, Baltimore and Milwaukee have direct Amtrak connections to airports.
Within a few minutes of your train’s arrival, a shuttle bus will pull up and offer a free ride to the terminal. You can see the airport from the tracks as it’s on the edge of MKE’s grounds.
Both times I have done this I have rented a car at the terminal, which is located right there, no additional shuttles to off-​site places or anything.
This worked out great as I was then able to leave my rental car back at the airport and fly out of there the following day without having to go back down to Chicago.

My gf and I took the Amtrak from Milwaukee to Chicago and it was a logical choice.
The train ride is approximately an hour and a half, beautiful scenic route and we paid $ 23 each for a one way ticket.
This small Amtrak Station does not have employes to assist you or a front counter. Therefore, you should have purchased your tickets online and picked them up at the kiosk inside or a walk-​in purchase. Theres two kiosks, a drinking fountain, restrooms and a pamphlet rack.
The train itself was great! Its a smooth ride, spacious, power outlets, fold down lunch tables, food/​drinks and the opportunity to see see such cities from a different transportation perspective that leaves you at peace.
I highly recommend taking the train down to Chicago instead of dealing with traffic and hectic parking.