Ferry Street | |||||||||||
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| Location | Woodward Avenue at Ferry Street Detroit, Michigan United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°21′39″N83°04′01″W / 42.36083°N 83.06694°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | M-1 Rail Line | ||||||||||
| Connections |  DDOT 4 SMART 851 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 12, 2017 | ||||||||||
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Ferry Street is a QLine streetcar station in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. [1] The station opened for service on May 12, 2017. [2] It is located in the Cultural Center Historic District, and serves the main campus of Wayne State University. [3]
Ferry Street is the nearest QLINE station to the College for Creative Studies and the Detroit Historical Museum, and also serves the Detroit Institute of Arts and the main location of the Detroit Public Library. [3]
The station is heated and features security cameras, emergency phones, passenger information displays, and Wi-Fi. [4] Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is the station's presenting sponsor. [5]
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