Grand Boulevard is a
QLINE streetcar
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station in the
New Center district of
Detroit, Michigan
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.
The station opened for service on May 12, 2017, and is the line's northern terminus.
Station
Grand Boulevard is the nearest QLINE station to
Cadillac Place, the
Hotel St. Regis, and the
Fisher Building and Fisher Theatre.
is the station's presenting sponsor, and its
Henry Ford Hospital is located roughly ¾ of a mile to the west.
The station is heated and features
security cameras,
emergency phones,
passenger information displays, and
Wi-Fi
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.
Terminating northbound streetcars drop off their passengers on the east side of the platform, then proceed north through a switch to a
single-track line, where a short
overhead power rail allows streetcars to stop and charge before switching directions to head back south. The Penske Tech Center, the QLINE's garage and operations facility, is located two blocks to the north along the single-track line.
See also
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Streetcars in North America
References
Tram stops of QLine
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2017
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