2022, the original State Fair Transit Center closed permanently, and was promptly demolished. A temporary transit center was constructed in a parking lot 500 feet to the north, and will be used until the new State Fair Transit Center opens in 2024. Services Fixed-route buses DDOT's primary service is fixed-route buses, mostly serving the city of Detroit and its enclaves, Hamtramck and Highland Park. Some routes service neighboring suburban communities, including Dearborn, Harper Woods, Livonia, Redford, River Rouge, and Southfield. Bus service generally operates between 5 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, while Sunday service starts approximately 7 a.m. and ends between 8 and 9 p.m. Routes 3–8, 10, 16 and 17 have 24/7 service. Routes Paratransit Along with fixed-route bus service, DDOT also offers MetroLift, an on-demand paratransit service. MetroLift service is operated by three private contractors: Checker Cab, Enjoi Transportation, and Lakeside Divisions. Detroit Downtown Trolley The Detroit Downtown Trolley (originally the Detroit Citizens' Railway) was a heritage trolley built in 1976 as a U.S. Bicentennial project. The trolley ran over a one-mile L-shaped route from Grand Circus Park to near the Renaissance Center, via Washington Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue, using narrow-gauge trams acquired from municipal rail services outside the U.S. Most of the Detroit cars that saw service from 1976 to 2003 had been acquired from Lisbon, Portugal. Many Detroiters old enough to remember streetcar service from before 1956 were delighted with the nod to nostalgia that the service represented, but lack of business activity in downtown Detroit meant that ridership of the Downtown Trolley never became more than a novelty and declined to only about 3000 per year in the late 1990s; service was suspended in June 2003. Fares Since 2019, DDOT, SMART, and the QLINE have had a unified fare payment system, Dart. Dart passes are available as digital passes through the Dart app, or as physical passes, which can be purchased from SMART's ticket offices in downtown Detroit and Royal Oak, the Rosa Parks Transit Center, SMART's online store, and select local businesses. 4-hour and 24-hour passes can be purchased with cash onboard buses. Standard Fares ^To receive discounted fares, seniors (age 65+) and disabled passengers must present either DDOT Special Fares ID card or state ID with visual impairment designation. ^^Medicare cardholders pay same rates as children 6–17, seniors at least 65 & disabled. Fleet Current Fleet Retired Fleet See also Detroit