Detroit station

Detroit

The station building in Detroit.
Location 11 West Baltimore Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Coordinates 42°22′04″N 83°04′21″W / 42.36778°N 83.07250°W / 42.36778; -83.07250Coordinates: 42°22′04″N 83°04′21″W / 42.36778°N 83.07250°W / 42.36778; -83.07250
Owned by Michigan Department of Transportation
Line(s) GTW Shore Line Subdivision
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Connections Thruway Motorcoach
DDOT
SMART
QLINE
Construction
Parking Short-term only; free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code DET
History
Opened May 5, 1994
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 61,497[1]
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Chicago
Wolverine
toward Pontiac, MI
QLINE
QLINE
Transfer at: Baltimore Street
Terminus

Detroit station, also known as Baltimore Street station, is an intermodal transit station in Detroit, Michigan. It currently serves Amtrak trains and QLine streetcars. It is located at the corner of Woodward and West Baltimore Avenues in the New Center area. Amtrak's Wolverine line serve platforms at the main building, while the QLine serves an adjacent platform on Woodward Avenue.

History

Amtrak station

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) bought the 3.1 acre site of the station for $889,000 – which also includes land directly across the tracks – in 1994 from General Motors.[2] The station was built in 1994 as a replacement for the former Michigan Central Station, which closed in 1988. From the closure of that station in 1988 until the new stations opening in 1994, services used a platform close to the old station.[3]

The station consists of a one-story building which includes a waiting room, ticket office, and restrooms. The platform is accessible by a tower at the back of the building, which heads to the level of the elevated GTW Shore Line Subdivision railway.

QLine

The streetcar system, now known as QLine, opened for service on May 12, 2017, and service began for the Baltimore Street station the same day.[4] The station is sponsored by Penske.[5] It is heated and features security cameras and emergency phones. Passenger amenities include Wi-Fi and arrival signs.[6]

Future

In the mid-2000s, MDOT began working with local and federal agencies to develop an intermodal transit center one block south of the current station bounded by the Conrail North Yard Branch railway to the north, Woodward to the east, Amsterdam to the south, and Cass to the west. The 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] MDOT announced in January 2016 that the department was also seeking to partner with developers to also include mixed-use development at the site.[2]

Connections

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Pinho, Kirk (19 January 2016). "Developers anticipate MDOT property development request in New Center". Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Amtrak (May 1, 1994). "National Timetable Spring/Summer 1994". Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  4. ↑ Fleming, Leonard (March 9, 2017). "QLine to begin offering rides on May 12". Detroit News. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ "M-1 Rail Station Stops". M-1Rail.com. M-1 Rail. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Runyan, Robin (December 9, 2016). "Here’s what the QLINE stations will look like". curbed.com. Vox Media. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Kavanaugh, Kelli B. "State's phased approach to New Center intermodal station starts with parking lot". http://modeldmedia.com. Model D. Retrieved 29 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
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