Cheapest€14.48
- Rochester Institute of Technology RI427819:543h 46m23:40COTA Transit TerminalGreyhound Detroit Station
Door to door 4h 30mCO2 7.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Columbus to Detroit bus
Buses from Columbus to Detroit start at €15.58 and take 4h 18m at their fastest.
The Buses from Columbus to Detroit starts at €15.58 and takes 4h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 264 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 18mDoor to door
- 3h 34mMoving
- €15.58From
- 7.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rochester Institute of Technology | €14.48 | 4h 14m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Detroit. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Detroit
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When to book Columbus to Detroit
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €13.3860 days
- €12.2845 days
- €11.7330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €19.9814 days
- €23.287 days
- €23.283 days
- €30.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €30.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €18.33Sun
- €17.23Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €20.53Thu
- €22.18Fri
- €19.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Columbus
Coach
- COTA Transit Terminal
- COTA Easton Transit Center
Detroit
Coach
- Greyhound Detroit Station
- Wayburn Loop
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 264 km against 264 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cleveland, Toledo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Columbus at 06:40 and the last at 19:54, across 9 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 66.7 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 4h 18m | 3h 34m | 44m | €15.58 | 7.1 kg | 9 |
Questions about Columbus to Detroit
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Columbus to Detroit take?
The Coach from Columbus to Detroit takes 4h 18m door to door, of which 3h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 264 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Columbus to Detroit cost?
The Coach from Columbus to Detroit starts at €15.58 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.13. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Columbus to Detroit?
1 operators run the Coach from Columbus to Detroit: Rochester Institute of Technology. Between them they file around 9 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Columbus to Detroit use?
The Coach from Columbus to Detroit leaves from COTA Transit Terminal and arrives at Greyhound Detroit Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Columbus to Detroit?
Travelling from Columbus to Detroit by Flight costs €33.18 and takes 3h 56m door to door, against 4h 18m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Columbus to Detroit?
Fares for the Coach from Columbus to Detroit bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Columbus to Detroit produce?
The Coach from Columbus to Detroit produces about 7.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 264 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Columbus to Detroit?
Operators on the Coach from Columbus to Detroit publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 18m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Columbus to Detroit on 12 September 2026: 264 km of route against 264 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 4h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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