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Non-revenue tracks continue two blocks to the M-1 Rail Penske Tech Center, which serves as headquarters for the QLine and the garage for the streetcars. In September 2021, the southbound curb lane from Temple Street to West Fisher Service Drive was converted to a transit-only lane to be used by the QLine, DDOT and SMART to increase headways. [65]
The project was intended to bring together the services of Amtrak, DDOT, SMART, M-1 Rail (later QLine) streetcars, and future proposed services including the Woodward Avenue BRT and Ann Arbor-Detroit regional rail. The first phase was completed in 2010 consisting of clearing the site and building a surface parking lot for the future station. [7]
The only long-distance passenger rail service currently offered in the area is the Wolverine, a thrice-daily Amtrak service from Pontiac to Chicago. The Wolverine makes intermediate stops in Troy, Royal Oak, Midtown Detroit, Dearborn, and Ann Arbor, before continuing west through Michigan and Indiana to its terminus at Chicago Union Station.
Like other state highways in Michigan, the section of Woodward Avenue designated M-1 is maintained by MDOT. In 2021, the department's traffic surveys showed that on average, 68,359 vehicles used the highway daily south of 14 Mile Road in Royal Oak and 15,909 vehicles did so each day in north of Chicago Boulevard in Detroit, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively. [5]
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The service is proposed to operate eight round-trips during each day: three during morning and afternoon rush-hours, one during the midday, and one in the evening. [6] An end-to-end ride is estimated to take 45 minutes, and there would be stops at Ann Arbor , Ypsilanti , Wayne , Dearborn and the New Center neighborhood in Detroit.
The Detroit People Mover (DPM) is a 2.94-mile (4.73 km) elevated automated people mover system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. [3] The system operates in a one-way loop on a single track encircling downtown Detroit, using Intermediate Capacity Transit System linear induction motor technology developed by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation.
Main line tracks are typically operated at higher speeds than branch lines and are generally built and maintained to a higher standard than yards and branch lines. [6] Main lines may also be operated under shared access by a number of railway companies, with sidings and branches operated by private companies or single railway companies.