QLine

QLine
QLine
	QLine in Campus Martius
Overview
Owner	RTA
Locale	Detroit, Michigan
Termini	Grand Boulevard; Congress Street;
Stations	20 stops (12 locations)
Website	qlinedetroit.com
Service
Type	Streetcar
Operator(s)	Transdev (2017–2021); Directly operated (2021–present)
Rolling stock	6 Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcars
Daily ridership	2,629 (2023, Jan. - Aug.)
History
Opened	May 12, 2017
Technical
Line length	3.3 mi (5.3 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line or onboard lithium-ion batteries, 750 V DC
Operating speed	30 mph (48 km/h)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	I-94
	Edsel Ford Freeway
	Martin Luther King Boulevard/
	Mack Avenue
	I-75
	Fisher Freeway
	All stations are accessible
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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 system was developed by M-1 Rail, a nonprofit organization, and is owned and operated by the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan.^[6]

In December 2011, city and state leaders announced a plan to offer bus rapid transit service for the city and metropolitan area instead of light rail as had previously been proposed. Soon afterwards, M-1 Rail, a consortium of private and public businesses and institutions in the region, announced the plan for a streetcar line along part of the same route as the cancelled light rail plan, connecting the downtown Detroit People Mover to the Amtrak railway station in New Center and the proposed Ann Arbor–Detroit Regional Rail system. Rocket Mortgage (then known as Quicken Loans) bought the naming rights to the line, and announced the name in March 2016.^[7]

^ "QLine streetcars on track to resume service in late summer". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
^ Eric D. Lawrence (September 28, 2023). "QLINE ridership up in 2023: What annual report showed". Detroit Free Press.
^ Guillen, Joe (October 24, 2022). "QLINE ridership rebounds". Axios Detroit. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lawrence, Eric D.; Allen, Robert (May 12, 2017). "All Aboard! Detroit's QLine Is Open for Streetcar Riders". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
^ "FAQ". M-1 Rail. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
^ "RTA to assume ownership of Detroit QLine streetcar". Trains. September 20, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
^ Lawrence, Eric D. (March 24, 2016). "Detroit's M-1 Rail Line Now to Be Called the QLINE". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

[1] "QLine streetcars on track to resume service in late summer". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

[2] Eric D. Lawrence (September 28, 2023). "QLINE ridership up in 2023: What annual report showed". Detroit Free Press.

[Ridership-3] Guillen, Joe (October 24, 2022). "QLINE ridership rebounds". Axios Detroit. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

[freepress-2017may12-4] Lawrence, Eric D.; Allen, Robert (May 12, 2017). "All Aboard! Detroit's QLine Is Open for Streetcar Riders". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

[5] "FAQ". M-1 Rail. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

[6] "RTA to assume ownership of Detroit QLine streetcar". Trains. September 20, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

[7] Lawrence, Eric D. (March 24, 2016). "Detroit's M-1 Rail Line Now to Be Called the QLINE". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

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