The Detroit QLINE began revenue service last week over a 3.3-mile route that cost $180 million to develop.
It was the first streetcar service in Detroit since April 8, 1956.
To celebrate the opening of the streetcar service, Amtrak and the Michigan Department of Transportation are offering $5 one-way fares ($2.50 for children ages 2 to 12) from Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Royal Oak, Troy, and Pontiac to the Detroit station, a half block from the Baltimore Street Q Line stop near the Penske Tech Center maintenance facility in New Center.
The offer is available through May 21.
Merchants along the streetcar line offered special discounts this past weekend. Passengers were able to ride the streetcars for free.
The QLINE uses cars built by Pennsylvania-based Brookville Equipment Corporation that run on batteries at the ends of the routes and draw power from overhead wires in the middle of the system.
The streetcars run between Detroit’s New Center business area and the downtown riverfront district.
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