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Light rail service in Minneapolis will shut down Wednesday night for a four-day, maintenance-related closure. The closure, which begins at 10 p.m. and is expected to last until 3 a.m. Monday, will ...
The Metro Blue Line is a 12-mile (19.3 km) [2] light rail line in Hennepin County, Minnesota, that is part of the Metro network. It travels from downtown Minneapolis to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport and the southern suburb of Bloomington.
Metro (styled as METRO) is a transit network in Minnesota serving the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.It also provides service to some suburban areas. As of 2022, the system consists of two light rail lines (Blue and Green Lines) and five bus rapid transit (BRT) lines (Orange Line, Red Line, A, C, and D Lines) all of which are operated by the local public transit company: Metro Transit.
The light rail portion of the network, managed by Metro Transit, has 37 light rail stations in operation across two lines: the Blue Line, running from downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the Green Line, connecting downtown Minneapolis to downtown Saint Paul. [1]
The Blue Line light-rail extension between downtown Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park will cost between $2.9 billion and $3.2 billion, according to a new estimate released Wednesday. "My view is that ...
Two transgender women were attacked at a Minneapolis light rail station — and onlookers cheered on the perpetrators rather than helping the victims, advocates say.
On June 6, 2006, the light rail option was endorsed by the Central Corridor Coordinating Committee. [20] The Metropolitan Council gave final approval to this decision on June 28, 2006. [21] The existing Blue Line has exceeded ridership predictions, as is the case with many other light rail lines constructed in the U.S. during the last decade. [22]
Adjacent to the light rail platforms is the southbound Metro Orange Line bus rapid transit station Marquette & 5th Street. This station is located on 5th Street South, between Nicollet Mall and Marquette Avenue in Minneapolis. This is a center-platform station with one westbound traffic lane south of the platform.