Cheapest day to travel | Tuesday |
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Most expensive day to travel | Friday |
Average price (round-trip) | $75 |
Average price (one-way) | $34 |
Amtrak trains from Detroit to Chicago offer travelers free Wi-Fi onboard. However, the bandwidth is not high enough to support streaming videos or downloading large files.
Amtrak allows dogs and cats on trains from Detroit to Chicago, but the pet must be under 20 pounds. Amtrak only allows one pet per passenger, and a train can carry only five pets total. Your pet will be allowed onboard on a first-come, first-served basis. Pets must be confined in carriers that stay under the passenger's seat.
Most trains from Detroit to Chicago have one or more dining options. For example, Acela has a café onboard, and offers first-class passengers at-seat meals with glassware served by attendants. Cafés are open to all Acela passengers, providing a wide range of snacks, meals, and beverages.
Trains depart from Detroit to Chicago at Detroit Train Station, located three miles north of Detroit's city center. A bus ride from the city center to the train station takes only 10min. The station features ATM services, overnight parking, baggage storage, and amenities for disabled passengers. The arrival station is Chicago Union Station, which is less than half a mile from the city center; a bus ride from the city center will take you to the station within six minutes. Amenities include a shoeshine, phone charging ports, a floral shop, a nursing room for mothers, and wheelchair elevators, in addition to a waiting room, ticket office, and restrooms.
The train journey from Detroit to Chicago takes 5h 16m on average and covers a distance of 236 miles.
Amtrak is the only train operator serving this route.