How to get fromGrosse Pointe Shores to Detroitby bus, taxi, or car

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There are 3 ways to get from Grosse Pointe Shores to Detroit by bus, taxi, or car

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Line 635 bus
best
1. Take the bus from Lakeshore & Vernier to Congress & Beaubienbus 635
24 min
$2
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Grosse Pointe Shores to Detroittaxi 12.5 mi
24 min
$30–45
Drive 12.5 mi
1. Drive from Grosse Pointe Shores to Detroitcar 12.5 mi
24 min
$3–4

Grosse Pointe Shores to Detroit by bus

10Weekly Buses

24 minAverage Duration

$2Cheapest Price

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Distance: 12.1 mi
Duration: 24 min

What companies run services between Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, USA and Detroit, MI, USA?

Southeast Michigan SMART operates a bus from Lakeshore & Vernier to Congress & Beaubien once daily. Tickets cost $2 and the journey takes 24 min.

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Detroit(opens in a new window), United States(opens in a new window)

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 29th-most populous city in the United States. The Metro Detroit area, home to 4.3 million people, is the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area and the 14th-largest in the United States. A significant cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background.

Things to do in Detroit

The Henry Ford(Opens in a new window)

The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, within Metro Detroit. The museum collection contains the presidential limousine of John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Rosa Parks bus, and many other historical exhibits. It is the largest indoor–outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981 as "Edison Institute".

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