Grand Circus Park station

Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park station, with elevated People Mover platform in background, and a QLine train in the foreground.
General information
Location1 Park Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
United States
Coordinates42°20′09″N 83°03′02″W / 42.33578°N 83.05052°W / 42.33578; -83.05052
Owned byDetroit Transportation Corporation (People Mover)
M-1 Rail (QLINE)
Platforms3 side platforms
Tracks1 (People Mover)
2 (QLINE)
ConnectionsBus transport DDOT 4
Bus transport SMART FAST Michigan & Woodward
Bus transport D2A2
History
OpenedSeptember 20, 1976 (1976-09-20) (Detroit Citizens' Railway)
July 31, 1987 (DPM)
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) (QLINE)[1]
ClosedJune 2003 (2003-06) (Detroit Downtown Trolley)
Rebuilt2015 (DPM)
Services
Preceding station Detroit People Mover Following station
Broadway
One-way operation
Detroit People Mover Times Square
Next counter-clockwise
Preceding station QLine Following station
Montcalm Street QLine Campus Martius
Location
Map
Catching Up

Grand Circus Park station is a public transit station in downtown Detroit, Michigan, served by the Detroit People Mover and the QLine.[2] The station takes its name from the adjacent Grand Circus Park. It is also the terminus of the D2A2 commuter bus to Ann Arbor, and serves as a transfer point to SMART's FAST Michigan and Woodward express bus lines.

A station has existed since September 20, 1976 with the opening of the Detroit Citizens' Railway, later the Detroit Downtown Trolley, a heritage streetcar line operating until 2003. The People Mover station opened July 31st, 1987. Streetcar service returned with the opening of the QLine on May 12, 2017.

  1. ^ Fleming, Leonard (March 9, 2017). "QLine to begin offering rides on May 12". Detroit News. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Detroit Transportation Corporation Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine . accessed 4.04.2012