shedd aquarium: we're trying to get to shedd aquarium from the lemont station. but after that.. i don't know. any help? we've never taken the train before so we don't know what line to take or anything. thanks (:|||The Lemont station is on the Heritage Corridor Metra Line. The HC line has only three trains a day in each direction. In the morning they leave Lemont at 6:00, 6:20, and 7:40 in the morning and get downtown 50 minutes later. In the evening, they leave downtown at 4:50, 5:25, and 6:12 p.m. There is NO service on weekends and holidays. The Aquarium is open 9 to 5 on weekdays, so I suppose if you wanted to spend all day at the Aquarium or elsewhere downtown, then this wouldn't be a very bad schedule. Of course, if you want to go on the weekend, it is useless. You can find the schedule here: http://tinyurl.com/6bk4qxt Riding the train is very easy. Just show up at the station before the train leaves. If there is a ticket agent on duty, buy a ticket. If there is no agent on duty, just board and pay the conductor (cash only). There is an extra charge to pay on the train if a ticket agent is on duty. There is no ticket agent at Lemont, there is a ticket agent at Union Station downtown. Ride the train downtown to Union Station. Since you said "we" I assume there are several of you traveling together. If there are at least 3 of you, the price of a taxi (about $10) becomes comparable to the price of riding the bus and is a lot faster and less complicated. Since you will be arriving really early in the morning, you could walk from Union Station to the Aquarium. Exit Union Station on Adams or Jackson and walk all the way east to the lake then there is a path along the lakeshore, turn right (south) and just keep walking until you reach the Aquarium, you will see it ahead along the slip of land that sticks out into the lake. It's about 3 miles. It would also be possible to get there by bus. You'd have to take two buses and there are a lot of options. It would take a whole lot of typing to explain them all to you, so I'm not going to do it at this time. I am going to make another suggestion: See if you can get a ride to the Metra Electric station in Blue Island. Both the Rock Island and the Metra Electric trains serve Blue Island. The Electric trains run frequently throughout the day Monday thru Saturday. Take the train to the 11th Street/Museum campus station. The station is right near the Aquarium, just walk toward the lake. If you want to go on Sunday, you'll either have to catch a Metra Electric train at the 115th Kensington station (to the 11th Street/Museum stop), a Metra Burlington Northern train in Downers Grove (to Union Station) or a Metra Rock Island train in Blue Island (to LaSalle St station -- take a cab to the Aquarium).|||Board the train at Lemont and take it all the way to Union Station downtown Chicago. Then if you do not want to walk 2 miles from Union Station to Shedd Aquarium use this trip planner to find the CTA bus routes you need to take to get there: http://goroo.com/goroo/index.htm There are vending machines at Union Station from which you can purchase CTA transit cards for the bus fare. Fare will be $2.25 with the transit card which includes bus transfer. The CTA Vend Machines are in the Metra ticketing area at Union Station. Here is a map showing two walking routes(Click1&2) from U/S to S/A: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s鈥?/a>|||Hope the sites below can help. on 3rd site read section under this phone number. (312) 836-7000 You can call, speak to a human, give them your location and destination and they can give you exact directions by public transport.