Huntington Place station

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Huntington Place
Huntington Place Station - Detroit People Mover (Platform).jpg
General information
LocationInside Huntington Place on Level 3 near Cass and Congress Streets
Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates 42°19′42″N83°03′00″W / 42.32820°N 83.04989°W / 42.32820; -83.04989
Owned byDetroit Transportation Corporation
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedNovember 14, 1988
Previous namesCobo Hall (1988-1989)
Cobo Center (1989-2019)
Convention Center (2019-2022)
Passengers
2014258,026 [1]
Rank3 out of 13
Services
Preceding station Detroit People Mover Icon.svg Detroit People MoverFollowing station
Fort/Cass
One-way operation
Detroit People Mover West Riverfront
Next counter-clockwise

Huntington Place station is a Detroit People Mover station in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located inside the Huntington Place convention center, formerly known as Cobo Center and later as TCF Center, on the third floor near Congress Street. The track was originally built out in the open, and later enclosed by Cobo Center's late 1980s expansion. The station opened as an infill station on November 14, 1988, [2] as the last of the system's thirteen stations to open. The track passes above the main convention hall, so passing trains can be heard from portions of the convention floor.

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Originally known as Cobo Hall briefly before becoming Cobo Center in 1989, the station was renamed Convention Center in 2019, when Cobo Center itself was renamed TCF Center. The station was renamed again as Huntington Place upon its reopening in May 2022, following the convention center's renaming under the same name. [3]

The People Mover shut down temporarily on March 30, 2020, due to decreased ridership amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Huntington Place, newly renamed, was one of six stations to reopen when the system restarted on May 20, 2022. [3] [5]

Convention Center is one of only two stations (with Millender Center being the other) on the People Mover route where passengers can take escalators down from the platform to street level. Ten other stations have escalators going up only, and two others (Grand Circus Park and West Riverfront) have none.

Convention Center sign, used from 2019-2020 Convention Center Station Sign - Detroit People Mover.jpg
Convention Center sign, used from 2019-2020
Mosaic of cars in the station Cobo Center mosaic.jpg
Mosaic of cars in the station

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