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The QLine

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The QLine approaches the Southern terminus at Woodward and Congress On New Year's Eve I was in New York City with my family. We went to see "The Mikado" on the Hunter College campus, taking the subway to get there and getting off at a nearby subway stop along Lexington Ave. I might have been the only adult in the audience not aware that the very next day, that same station would be opening up to Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway , served by the Q Line. It was a very big deal  in New York; a line was even inserted in to "I've Got a Little List" to note the occasion. Of course, New York has dozens of subway lines, and nearly 500 subway stations . I looked it up. Detroit has... The People Mover . A 3 mile elevated one direction loop (it's currently clockwise) around parts of the downtown, a concrete eye-sore used by virtually nobody except during the annual North American International Auto Show and for Red Wings games; with the Red Wings moving