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.

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Grand Circus Park
Grand Circus Park station, with elevated People Mover platform in background, and a QLine train in the foreground.
General information
Location	Intersection of Park Avenue and Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°20′09″N 83°03′02″W
Owned by	Detroit Transportation Corporation (People Mover) M-1 Rail (QLINE)
Platforms	3 side platforms
Tracks	1 (People Mover) 2 (QLINE)
Connections	DDOT 4 SMART FAST Michigan & Woodward D2A2
History
Opened	September 20, 1976 (1976-09-20) (Detroit Citizens' Railway) July 31, 1987 (DPM) May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) (QLINE)[1]
Closed	June 2003 (2003-06) (Detroit Dowtown Trolley)
Rebuilt	2015 (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

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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.

The People Mover 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] Grand Circus Park is the nearest People Mover station to the Fox Theatre, The Fillmore Detroit, Little Caesars headquarters, Little Caesars Arena, and the Hockeytown Cafe.

The station was reachable only by an external stairway from 1999 to 2015, when the David Whitney Building was closed. A new station lobby was constructed from August 2014 to June 2015 alongside the building's restoration, with a new elevator added to restore accessibility.^[3][4]

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The QLine serves two street-level side platforms on Woodward Avenue north of Park Avenue and Witherell Street.^[7] The QLine portion of the station is sponsored by General Motors' Chevrolet brand.^[8]

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.^[9][10]

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• List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
• Metromover
• Streetcars in North America
• Transportation in metropolitan Detroit