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FIVE POINTS
FIVE  POINTS --- North --- Rockdale and McNichols via Mc-
Nichols, Lahser, Seven Mile Road, Five Points to 8 Mile.
Return via 8 Mile, Lahser, Argus, Rockdale to McNichols.
-- Source: 1957-1958 DSR Service Map
Information for the above article compiled from data info supplied by Jack E. Schramm, courtesy of  "DSR BUS ROUTES, 1932-1945" ("Detroit's DSR, Part
2" -- March-April 1992 edition of Motor Coach Age magazine), and "DSR BUS ROUTES, 1945-1975" ("Detroit's DSR, Part 3" -- May-June 1993 edition of
Motor Coach Age magazine), and also from the 1957-58 and 1963 DSR Service Maps in the author's possession. The 1959 Five Points transfer is courtesy
of the Stan Sycko transfer collection.
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To view a March 1960 DSR flyer announcing new service replacing the FIVE POINTS
bus line see D.S.R. BULLETIN.
The Five Points line would continue in operation until the route was discontinued on April 1, 1960. The Lahser and Eight Mile portions of the route were replaced by the new Eight Mile West line. The portion of the route which operated along Five Points was only serviced during the weekday morning and evening rush hours. A branch extension of the Grand River Express line would begin at Eight Mile and Five Points, and operate via Five Points to Grand River. From there the express coaches would continue along their route into downtown.

Route operated under DSR
The Five Points bus line was a lesser known DSR route which operated along the city's far west border — in the far northwest corner of the city. Five Points Street actually serves as the boundary road between the City of Detroit and Redford Township. The bus route began on October 5, 1941, and continued on as a DSR bus line for nearly twenty years.

The original Five Points route began at Grand River and Lahser, and traveled via Redford, north on Lahser, west on Seven Mile, north on Five Points to Eight Mile; and returned via east on Eight Mile, and south on Lahser back to Grand River. Both service and ridership on the line were light, with headways scheduled at 15 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during the midday hours.

Effective on June 19, 1951, the Five Points line replaced a portion of the Six Mile (McNichols) Shuttle, and was extended along McNichols to the Glenhurst Golf Course (just past the western city limits). Headways on the Five Points–Six Mile Shuttle averaged 20 minutes during peak hours and 40 minutes during off-peak hours. However, beginning Oct. 2, 1953, the Six Mile service was discontinued and the route was cut back to McNichols and Lahser Road, and now looped via Lahser, Argus, Rockdale to McNichols. Effective May 1, 1955, the Sunday service on the Five Points line, along with nine other bus routes, was discontinued due to "little demand" on that day of the week.

On average, two to three coaches serviced the route during peak hours, while only one coach operated during the base. During the 1950s, the 31-passenger Ford, Transit and Checker coaches were used to service the line, which was assigned out of the Coolidge Terminal.

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