Originally Posted by
chicagoforlife
Since we are talking about mass transit I think I should show you guys what I did one night when I was bored and I'm sure several people will love this because I made a complete system for Detroit.
I will break this down as much as possible and it's going to be a little long but anyone that is interested in mass transit in Detroit will love reading this. I don't have a special color code for these lines I just made them up and modeled it after the Chicago L. So here it goes:
Red Line [[Woodward Avenue): Trains are elevated heading down Woodward to Cadillac Square the line enters a subway just north of Grand Blvd. and continues as a subway for the rest of it's route. This line is one of two lines not to use the downtown monorail, the orange line being the other one. There is a transfer to the Green, Brown and Blue lines at Grand Circus Park. Trains use switch tracks under Cadillac Square to reverse direction and head back to 8 Mile. Stops include: 8 Mile, State Fair-Woodward, 7 Mile-Woodward, Savannah, McNicholas-Woodward, Midland, Manchester, Davison-Tyler, Glendale, Tennyson-Webb, Calvert, Edison-Arden Park, Hazelwood-Holbrook, Pingree, Marston-Delaware, Bethune, New Center-Detroit Amtrak Station [[between Baltimore and Milwaukee), Piquette, Ferry, Warren-Wayne State, Canfield, Parsons, Watson, Sibley, Montcalm, Grand Circus Park [[transfer to blue, brown and green lines), Merchants Row [[between Grand River and Gratiot), Cadillac Square [[transfer to orange line). Total: 28 stations. Line operates 24 hours daily.
Orange Line [[Michigan Avenue): Trains run in a subway the entire route, head up Merriman to Michigan then curves east to Cadillac Square. Stops include: Metro Airport, Ecorse, Van Born, Middlebelt, Inkster, Beech Daly, Telegraph, Military, Fairlane Town Center, Mercury-Dearborn Amtrak Station, Woodworth, Schaefer, Oakman, Wyoming-Michigan, Lonyo. Cecil, Livernois-Michigan, 31st, Roosevelt, 14th, Trumbull, 3rd, Cass-Michigan [[transfer to blue, brown and green lines), Shelby, Cadillac Square [[transfer to red line). Total: 25 stations. Line operates 24 hours daily.
Now the rest of the routes use the People Mover to turn around downtown.
Blue Line [[Grand River Avenue/Greenfield Road): The route is in a subway at the Northland station, the subway runs under the mall, Lodge Freeway and Greenfield Road before becoming elevated between Trojan and Chippewa Streets. The line then runs elevated over Greenfield Road until it's intersection with Grand River Avenue. At Grand River the line curves towards downtown following Grand River until curving at I-75 and curving once again at Park Avenue going into the downtown monorail at Park and Bagley. The line then follows the monorail tracks returning to Park and Bagley and out to Northland. Stops include: Northland Mall [[trains only stop here during mall hours, otherwise use 7 Mile-Greenfield to reverse direction), 7 Mile-Greenfield, Santa Maria, Fenkell, Sussex, Schoolcraft, Sorrento, Wyoming-Grand River, Plymouth, Livernois-Grand River, Riviera, Euclid, Dexter, Hudson, Hancock, Vermont, Ash, Spruce, Columbia, Grand Circus Park, Broadway, Cadillac Center, Greektown, Bricktown, Renaissance Center, Millander Center, Financial District, Joe Louis Arena, Cobo Center, Fort-Cass, Cass-Michigan [[transfer to orange line), Times Square. Total: 32 stations. Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday 6am-12am. Friday: 6am-2am. Saturday: 7am-2am. Sunday: 7am-12am.
Green Line [[Gratiot Avenue): Trains start at Eastland Center, follow 8 Mile to Gratiot then downtown. Line joins the monorail after turning at Beaubein making all stops in the circular loop, line exits the loop just after the Cadillac Center station curving back onto Gratiot to go outbound. Stops include: Eastland Center [[trains only stop here during mall hours, otherwise use Redmond to reverse direction), Redmond, State Fair-Gratiot, 7 Mile-Gratiot, Seymour, Houston Whittier, Gunston, Conner, Harper, Parker, Dueweke Park, Superior, Mack-Gratiot, Chene, Orleans, Brewery Park, St. Antoine, Greektown, Bricktown, Renaissance Center, Millander Center, Financial District, Joe Louis Arena, Cobo Center, Fort-Cass, Cass-Michigan [[transfer to orange line), Times Square, Grand Circus Park, Broadway, Cadillac Center. Total: 30 stations. Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday 6am-12am. Friday 6am-2am. Saturday 7am-2am. Sunday 7am-12am.
Brown Line [[Jefferson Avenue/Warren Avenue via Cadillac Blvd): Trains start at Cadiuex and Warren and follow Warren up to Cadillac Blvd. then follow Cadillac Blvd. to Jefferson west to Jefferson and Beaubien where it enters the downtown monorail, it completes the monorail from Renaissance Center to Bricktown then heads back to Cadieux and Warren. Stops include: Cadieux, Kensington, Berkshire, Alter, Dickerson, Eugene, French, Forest, Mack-Cadillac, Vernor, McClellan, Van Dyke, Grand Blvd, Mt. Elliott, McDougall, St. Aubin, Rivard, Renaissance Center, Millander Center, Financial District, Joe Louis Arena, Cobo Center, Fort-Cass, Cass-Michigan [[transfer to orange line), Times Square, Grand Circus Park, Broadway, Cadillac Center, Greektown and Bricktown. Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday 6am-12am. Friday 6am-2am. Saturday 7am-2am. Sunday 7am-12am.. Total: 30 stations.
Total: 103 stations.
So there is a mass transit system for Detroit.