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|route=52 Chene
|route=52 Chene
|muni=Detroit, Hamtramck
|muni=Detroit, Hamtramck
|type=Downtown Route
|type=<font color="#5F6369">'''Neighborhood Route'''</font>
|days=Daily
|days=Daily
|garage=Shoemaker
|garage=[[Detroit Department of Transportation Shoemaker Terminal|Shoemaker]]
|ridership=1,027}}
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'''52 Chene''' is a bus route operated by the [[Detroit Department of Transportation]] in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
'''52 Chene''' is a bus route operated by the [[Detroit Department of Transportation]] in Detroit, Michigan, United States.


==Route Details==
==Route Details==
[[Image:Detroit Department of Transportation route 10 map current.gif|thumb|right|300px|The current routing of route 52.]]
[[Image:Detroit Department of Transportation route 52 map (08-2020)-a.png|thumb|right|300px|The current routing of route 52.]]
This route travels out of the Rosa Parks Transit Center in downtown Detroit through east-side neighborhoods and Hamtramck's central business district, terminating at Varjo and Van Dyke Streets.
This route primarily services Chene Street between Lafayette Boulevard and East Grand Boulevard and Joseph Campau Street between Hamtramck Drive and Nevada Street.


===History===
===History===
<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/DSR-2-DOT/conversations/topics/3924 BUS SERVICE BEGAN ON THE CHENE LINE ON THIS DATE IN 1952 - DSR-2-DOT Yahoo Group]</ref>
*'''April 6, 1952''' - Service begins as a [[Detroit Street Railway]] route after the Baker streetcar line converts to buses. The Chene bus route takes over the east-side portion of this crosstown streetcar route. Initially, the route operates from Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit to Joseph Campau and Davison Streets via Chene Street and Joseph Campau.
*'''April 6, 1952''' - Service begins as a [[Detroit Street Railway]] route after the Baker streetcar line converts to buses. The Chene bus route takes over the east-side portion of this crosstown streetcar route. Initially, the route operates from Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit to Joseph Campau and Davison Streets via Chene Street and Joseph Campau.
*'''1966''' - Service extended along Davison, Mount Elliott and East Nevada Streets to Van Dyke, replacing portions of the newly-discontinued Davison Shuttle route. Night service, however, continued to terminate at Joseph Campau and Davison.
*'''1966''' - Service extended along Davison, Mount Elliott and East Nevada Streets to Van Dyke, replacing portions of the newly-discontinued Davison Shuttle route. Night service, however, continued to terminate at Joseph Campau and Davison.
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*'''1989''' - Service rerouted via Joseph Campau and East Nevada from Davison and Joseph Campau to Nevada and Van Dyke.
*'''1989''' - Service rerouted via Joseph Campau and East Nevada from Davison and Joseph Campau to Nevada and Van Dyke.
*'''1997''' - Evening service to the Bel-Air Shopping Center via Van Dyke and 8 Mile added.
*'''1997''' - Evening service to the Bel-Air Shopping Center via Van Dyke and 8 Mile added.
*'''2001''' - Downtown terminus moved to Capitol Park after the Cadillac Square Transit Center closes permanently.
*'''December 2001''' - Downtown terminus is relocated from Cadillac Square to Capitol Park.
*'''2004''' - Service to the Bel-Air Shopping Center discontinued.
*'''2004''' - Service to the Bel-Air Shopping Center discontinued.
*'''April 23, 2005''' - Overnight service discontinued by then-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
*'''April 23, 2005''' - Due to systemwide service cuts, overnight service is discontinued.
*'''2009''' - Downtown terminus moved to the newly-opened Rosa Parks Transit Center.
*'''July 14, 2009''' - Downtown terminus is relocated from Capitol Park to the [[Detroit Department of Transportation Rosa Parks Transit Center|Rosa Parks Transit Center]].
*'''September 1, 2018''' - To accommodate route number usage for the ConnectTen network, this route was renamed '''52 Chene'''.
*'''September 1, 2018''' - To accommodate route number usage for the ConnectTen network, route is renamed '''52 Chene'''.


==References==
==References==
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===Previous maps===
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Image:Detroit Department of Transportation route 10 map current.gif|2014
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