Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park station, with elevated People Mover platform in background, and a QLine train in the foreground.
General information
LocationIntersection of Park Avenue and Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
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 platform
Tracks3 (1 for People Mover, 2 for QLINE)
Construction
AccessibleADA
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 Dowtown 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
toward Grand Boulevard
 QLine Campus Martius
toward Congress Street
Catching Up by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. at Grand Circus Park station

Grand Circus Park station is a public transit station in Downtown Detroit, Michigan that services both 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.

Detroit People Mover

The station occupies the first two floors of a structure attached to the historic David Whitney Building. It is located at the intersection of Park Street and Woodward Avenue near Washington Boulevard, in the Grand Circus Park Historic District.[2] Accessible by stairway only after the David Whitney Building closed in 1999, the station underwent a major renovation between August 2014 and June 2015 to make it ADA-compliant, to coincide with the reopening of the David Whitney as an Aloft hotel and apartments.[3]

QLine

The station has a transfer to the QLine light rail outside along Woodward Ave. The QLine station is heated and features security cameras and emergency phones. Passenger amenities include Wi-Fi and arrival signs.[4] The QLine portion of the station is sponsored by General Motors' Chevrolet brand.[5]

Heritage trolley

Detroit Downtown Trolley stopped at Grand Circus Park in front of the line's carhouse, 1988

The station was the northern terminus of the Detroit Downtown Trolley, having a double-track boarding area just south of the carhouse near Park Avenue. The east half of Washington Boulevard was converted into a pedestrian mall, and later the Detroit People Mover included an exit-only staircase near the trolley stop.

In June 2003 the Detroit Downtown Trolley abruptly ended service. In February 2004 the carhouse was demolished, with mall sculptures removed that year, the pedestrian mall was fully displaced by vehicle traffic in 2005.[6][7]

Destinations

The Grand Circus Park station serves:[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fleming, Leonard (March 9, 2017). "QLine to begin offering rides on May 12". Detroit News. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Detroit Transportation Corporation Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine . accessed 4.04.2012
  3. ↑ "Local Contractor for Grand Circus Park Station". Detroit Transportation Corporation. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Runyan, Robin (December 9, 2016). "Here's what the QLINE stations will look like". curbed.com. Vox Media. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "M-1 Rail Station Stops". M-1Rail.com. M-1 Rail. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Streetcar Systems- Michigan". Railway Preservation Resources. July 2, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Washington Boulevard Historic District". Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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