From 1900 to 1930, you could hop on the interurban at the local station — like this one at the south corner of Grand River and Orchard Lake — and take the Detroit United Railway streetcar to Northville, Plymouth, or Detroit. Travel rates were 2 cents a mile.

See the then-and-now slider here.

Historic photo from the Alan Loftis Collection/michiganrailroads.com. Contemporary photo by Maria Taylor.

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