Near North Side to Detroit train

Trains from Near North Side to Detroit start at €34.98 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.

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Looking south from the Maccabees Building with the Detroit skyline in the distance, Detroit, Mich. Photo shows Woodward Ave. extending south from Warren. 1 transparency : color.

The Trains from Near North Side to Detroit starts at €34.98 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 439 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 9, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 59mDoor to door
  • 3h 15mMoving
  • €38.83 to €91.09From
  • 06:13 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 14.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 9, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€38.83 to €91.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Near North Side to Detroit on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €91.09Sun20
  2. about €53.14Mon21
  3. about €61.39Tue22
  4. about €44.33Wed23
  5. about €64.69Thu24
  6. about €63.04Fri25
  7. about €66.89Sat26
  8. about €46.53Sun27
  9. about €42.68Mon28
  10. about €41.58Tue29
  11. about €38.83Wed30
  12. about €50.94Thu1
  13. about €47.08Fri2
  14. about €41.04Sat3

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 9, 2026

Cheapest€34.98
  1. Amtrak A214507:3027m07:57Near North Side stationNaperville
  2. PARTA PA969109:166h 34m16:50Pace Aurora Transportation CenterGreyhound Detroit Station

Changes at Naperville, with 79 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 4mCO2 14.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€72.94
  1. Amtrak A106706:133h 15m10:28Near North Side stationDetroit

Door to door 3h 59mCO2 14.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€54.79
  1. Amtrak A779607:301h 5m09:35Near North Side stationSouth Bend station
  2. Amtrak A336910:211h 55m12:16South Bend stationDetroit

Changes at South Bend, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 30mCO2 13.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Amtrak€48.743h 46m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Amtrak

The train gets you into Detroit. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Detroit for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Detroit and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Near North Side to Detroit

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €37.1890 days
  2. €29.4860 days
  3. €27.2945 days
  4. €34.9830 days
  5. €43.2321 days
  6. €41.0414 days
  7. €66.897 days
  8. €61.393 days
  9. €91.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 234 percent. The most expensive point is €91.09, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €46.53Sun
  2. €42.68Mon
  3. €41.58Tue
  4. €38.83Wed
  5. €50.94Thu
  6. €47.08Fri
  7. €43.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Detroit

Rail
  • Detroit
  • Brush Street Station
  • Fort Street Union Depot
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 439 km against 381 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at South Bend, Naperville, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Near North Side at 06:13 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Near North Side to Detroit

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Train from Near North Side to Detroit take?

The Train from Near North Side to Detroit takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 439 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 Train from Near North Side to Detroit cost?

The Train from Near North Side to Detroit starts at €34.98 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €54.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Near North Side to Detroit?

1 operators run the Train from Near North Side to Detroit: Amtrak. Between them they file around 5 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 Train from Near North Side to Detroit use?

The Train from Near North Side to Detroit leaves from Near North Side station and arrives at Detroit. 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.

When should I book the Train from Near North Side to Detroit?

Fares for the Train from Near North Side to Detroit bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 234 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Near North Side to Detroit produce?

The Train from Near North Side to Detroit produces about 14.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 439 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Near North Side to Detroit?

Operators on the Train from Near North Side to Detroit publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Near North Side to Detroit on September 19, 2026: 439 km of route against 381 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.98, and 3h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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