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125 Fort Street/Eureka Road is a high-demand route and thus is often assigned [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig Low Floor 40']][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] and on most weekdays [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig Low Floor 40' HEV]][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] buses. [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig Low Floor 35']][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] | 125 Fort Street/Eureka Road is a high-demand route and thus is often assigned [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig Low Floor 40']][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] and on most weekdays [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig Low Floor 40' HEV]][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] buses. [[Gillig Low Floor|Gillig Low Floor 35']][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] buses are also assigned in non-peak periods. Occasionally, the [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation Wayne Terminal|Wayne Terminal's]] [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries DE60LF|DE60LF]][[Image:Wc15.JPG]], 3002, may appear as well. | ||
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125 Fort Street/Eureka Road
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| Communities Served | Romulus, Taylor, Southgate, Wyandotte, Lincoln Park, Detroit, Ecorse, River Rouge | ||
| Route Type | Main Corridor Route | ||
| Days of Operation | Daily | ||
| Vehicles Used | Gillig Low Floor 35' , Gillig Low Floor 40', Gillig Low Floor 40' HEV, New Flyer Industries DE60LF
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| Vehicles at Peak | 7 | ||
| Terminal | Wayne | ||
| Average Daily Weekday Ridership (2018) | 1,871 | ||
125 Fort Street/Eureka Road is a bus route operated by the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Route Details
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This route connects Detroit Metropolitan Airport, one of the busiest and most modern airports in the United States, with downtown Detroit, the central business and culture hub of metropolitan Detroit. It is also the only SMART route that serves both of Metro Airport's terminals. One branch operates out of the McNamara Terminal via John Dingell Drive and Eureka Road and the other operates out of the North Terminal via William Rogell Drive, Goddard Road and Middlebelt Road. Both branches converge at Eureka and Middlebelt. Heading east from there, the route operates via Eureka east to the Meijer store in Taylor, pulling into that and through the northern parking lot of Southland Center, then traverses Racho Road back to Eureka, then continues east to Fort Street, traversing Fort to Outer Drive to West Jefferson Avenue to it's terminus at Coolidge Highway in River Rouge.
During weekday peak/rush hours, the route continues west on Coolidge to Interstate 75 to Springwells Street to Fort Street into downtown Detroit.
This route operates daily. Interestingly, although it is served by stops at the intersection of Eureka and Dix-Toledo Highway in Southgate, this route does not pull into a Walmart store that is located at that intersection which opened in 2011.
History
- 1976 - Service begins as a Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority route, replacing the Southland Center branch of route 110. Initially, it is operated as one of three branches of SEMTA's Fort Street route, the others being a branch to Flat Rock (numbered 120) and a branch that loops via Riverview neighborhoods (numbered 130). This branch operates from Eureka and Inkster Roads in Taylor north into downtown Detroit via Eureka Road, Southland Center and Fort Street.
- January 17, 1989 - Service carried on by SMART.
- June 25, 1994 - Service taken over by the Detroit Department of Transportation in a route-swapping deal.
- April 1, 1995 - DDOT gives control of this route back to SMART.
- December 11, 1995 - Midday, evening and weekend service rerouted from Fort and Outer Drive to Fort and Waterman Street via Outer Drive, West Jefferson and Waterman, replacing service on route 110, which becomes a weekday-rush-hour-only route. Weekday rush hour service, however, remains on Fort between Outer Drive and Waterman.
- May 20, 2002 - Service extended from Eureka and Inkster to Metro Airport's LC Smith Terminal via Eureka, Middlebelt, Goddard and Rogell Drive, replacing portions of the newly-discontinued route 165.
- November 27, 2006 - Service to the McNamara Terminal added, operating via Eureka and Dingell Drive. Alternating trips operate every half-hour all day to either the McNamara Terminal or the Smith Terminal. In addition, later evening service on all days is added.
- December 3, 2006 - Sunday service modified to begin earlier.
- September 4, 2007 - All service now operates between Fort and Outer Drive and Fort and West End Street via Outer Drive, West Jefferson and West End. Not only does this continue service lost by the discontinuation of route 110, it also crosses over from West Jefferson to Fort even closer to the Detroit city limits.
- September 2008 - Smith Terminal stop relocates to the North Terminal.
- December 12, 2011 - Due to systemwide service cuts, all non-weekday-rush-hour service now terminates at West Jefferson and Coolidge.
- May 2013 - Service rerouted between West Jefferson and Coolidge and Fort and West End via Coolidge and Fort after the West Jefferson Rouge River bridge is damaged as it lowered while a freighter was passing through and is closed as a result.
- Summer 2013 - Rouge River detour rerouted via I-75 between Fort and Springwells after the Fort Street Rouge River bridge also closes-albeit due to scheduled construction.
Vehicles
125 Fort Street/Eureka Road is a high-demand route and thus is often assigned Gillig Low Floor 40' and on most weekdays Gillig Low Floor 40' HEV buses. Gillig Low Floor 35' buses are also assigned in non-peak periods. Occasionally, the Wayne Terminal's New Flyer Industries DE60LF, 3002, may appear as well.
Destination Signs
- 125 FORT ST ~ 125 to R ROUGE (Vultron displays on diesel Gillig Low Floors), 125 FORT ST ~ 125 TO RIVER ROUGE (Luminator Horizon displays on DE60LF) or 125 FORT ST ~ 125 RIVER ROUGE (Luminator Horizon displays on diesel-electric hybrid Gillig Low Floors)
- 125 FORT ST ~ 125 to DETROIT (Vultron displays on diesel Gillig Low Floors), 125 FORT ST ~ 125 TO DETROIT (Luminator Horizon displays on DE60LF) or 125 FORT ST ~ 125 DETROIT (Luminator Horizon displays on diesel-electric hybrid Gillig Low Floors)
- 125 FORT ST ~ 125 to METRO AIRPORT (top line)/McNAMARA TERMINAL (bottom line) (Vultron displays on diesel Gillig Low Floors), 125 FORT ST ~ 125 TO McNAMARA TERMINAL (Luminator Horizon displays on DE60LF) or 125 FORT ST ~ 125 McNAMARA TERMINAL (Luminator Horizon displays on diesel-electric hybrid Gillig Low Floors)
- 125 FORT ST ~ 125 to METRO AIRPORT (top line)/NORTH TERMINAL (bottom line) (Vultron displays on diesel Gillig Low Floors), 125 FORT ST ~ 125 TO NORTH TERMINAL (Luminator Horizon displays on DE60LF) or 125 FORT ST ~ 125 NORTH TERMINAL (Luminator Horizon displays on diesel-electric hybrid Gillig Low Floors)
Previous maps
2002
2011
