Need to get from OHare to Amtrak on Canal St. Is there a lot of walking involved?

I presume you mean the Best Western in Evanston IL. Well, you've got a complication, Jill. The U.P. NORTHWEST Metra Train (from Harvard IL) does not go to Evanston.

You have to go to either the Clybourne Station (north of downtown) or Ogilvie Station in downtown Chicago and wait for a different train that runs on the Metra U.P. NORTH line. These are completely different train routes, and they only connect at either Clybourn on the near northwest side or Ogilvie in downtown Chicago. You would have to take the U.P. North Metra train to the downtown Evanston Davis Street station.

Walk down the stairs to Davis Street, and walk 2 blocks east (towards Lake Michigan) to Sherman Avenue. Then walk 2 blocks south on Sherman Ave to the hotel.

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