Fort/Cass | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 711 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48226 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°19′46″N83°03′04″W / 42.32952°N 83.05110°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Detroit Transportation Corporation | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Connections | DDOT 1, 19, 27, 29 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | July 31, 1987 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2014 | 61,826 [1] | ||||||||||
Rank | 13 out of 13 | ||||||||||
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Fort/Cass station is a Detroit People Mover station in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located at the intersection of Fort Street and Cass Avenue, from which it takes its name.
Fort/Cass is the nearest People Mover station to the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, John K. King Books, Fort Street Presbyterian Church, WDIV-TV's studios, and the Detroit intercity bus terminal.
The People Mover shut down temporarily on March 30, 2020, due to decreased ridership amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Following the system's May 2022 restart, the station reopened on September 14, 2022. [3]
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