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Posts in Category: METRO Green Line

Fuhrmann leaves passenger rail legacy for generations to come

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 9, 2018

Decades from now, people taking trains to college classes, a hospital shift or office job, to restaurants and sporting venues, or to the airport won’t have a clue they have Mark Fuhrmann to thank. Even today, many have not heard of Fuhrmann—and [...]

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Model Cities creates a new model near Victoria Street Station

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 7, 2018

Desean Isaac was among the first to move in when Model Cities opened the doors to its new mixed-use building in late 2017. One of the main appeals: The Green Line’s Victoria Street Station is just steps from the building’s door, allowing Isaac to [...]

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Super Bowl festivities boost ridership

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 9, 2018

Super Bowl festivities provided a notable ridership boost earlier this year. The Green and Blue lines and the Northstar Commuter Rail Line each saw their highest-ever January ridership totals and nearly 210,000 additional rides were taken over [...]

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Rail lines set records as Metro Transit ridership tops 81.9 million in 2017

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 25, 2018

A record number of light rail and commuter rail rides were taken in 2017 as Metro Transit’s annual ridership topped 81.9 million. Metro Transit has provided more than 80 million rides in each of the past seven years, sustaining the highest [...]

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Big snow met with persistence, praise

Posted by Drew Kerr | Jan. 23, 2018

The Twin Cities was hit with its biggest winter storm in seven years on Monday, bringing a foot or more of snow to several parts of the metro. Snow-covered roads and traffic delays caused widespread bus delays, with many operators pulling in [...]

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