Chicago → Detroit
Chicago to Detroit by train
Chicago
Detroit
A direct train runs from Chicago to Detroit, scheduled from 5 h 25 min, with 21 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 5 h 25 min (typically 5 h 33 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 21
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Stations
- Chicago Union Station → Detroit
- Straight-line distance
- 384 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inDetroit →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 31 May 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Chicago to Detroit; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): Amtrak US. How Head Your Way works.
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Airports: Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (DET); Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), 29 km away; Willow Run Airport (YIP), 41 km away · Stations: Detroit · Ports: Detroit
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