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The QLINE is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States.Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue (M-1) for its entire route. [4]
The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) is a public transit agency serving Metro Detroit and the Ann Arbor area in the U.S. state of Michigan. It operates the QLINE streetcar in Detroit, [1] and coordinates and oversees the public transit services operated by DDOT, SMART, TheRide, and the Detroit People Mover.
On New Year's Eve 1900, the Detroit Citizen's Street Railway, Detroit, Fort Wayne and Belle Isle Railway, Detroit Electric Railway and Detroit Suburban Railway merged to form the Detroit United Railway, as a result for the first time since 1865 all streetcar lines in the Detroit area were operated by one company and by August 1901 it had begun ...
Restored ex-DSR bus 7618 built by Checker Cab at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The DDOT began its life as the Department of Street Railways (DSR) in 1922 after the municipalization of the privately-owned Detroit United Railway (DUR), which had controlled much of Detroit's mass transit operations since its incorporation in 1901. [3]
Ferry Street is the nearest QLINE station to the College for Creative Studies and the Detroit Historical Museum, and also serves the Detroit Institute of Arts and the main location of the Detroit Public Library. [3] The station is heated and features security cameras, emergency phones, passenger information displays, and Wi-Fi. [4]
Detroit’s streetcars are likely to look a bit different in coming months. The QLINE red won’t be going away, according to spokesman Dan Lijana, but the trains and the stations are expected to ...
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Amsterdam Street is the nearest QLINE station to TechTown, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, and the Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District. [3] The station is heated and features security cameras, emergency phones, passenger information displays, and Wi-Fi. [4] Ford Motor Company is its presenting sponsor. [5]