International Travel:Main AirportsMain airports: Detroit Metro (DTW) (website:
www.metroairport.com) is 32km (20 miles) west of the city center.
To/from the airport: SMART buses and taxis are available to downtown areas.
Facilities: ATMs, car hire and currency exchange.
Getting There by RailDetroit is on the
Amtrak ‘Michigan Services’ Chicago-Toronto line, which runs from Chicago to Toronto, (tel: 1 800 872 7245, in the
USA only; website:
www.amtrak.com). The station is located at 11 West Baltimore Avenue; car hire is available.
Getting There by RoadGreyhound buses are most frequent in the south; only a few buses serve the Upper Peninsula (tel: 1 800 231 2222, in the USA only; website:
www.greyhound.com).
Approximate driving times:
From Detroit to Buffalo is 6 hours, to Dallas is 24 hours and to Seattle is 49 hours. All times are based on non-stop driving at or below the applicable speed limits.
Approximate bus journey times:
From Detroit to Chicago is 6 hours, to Duluth is 19 hours 15 minutes and to Los Angeles is 32 hours.
Getting Around Towns and CitiesMost larger communities have
bus and
taxi services.
Detroit also has a city-center
rapid rail system, the
People Mover, which connects 13 stations in downtown Detroit.
DDOT and
SMART buses serve the city center and suburbs respectively.
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