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Posts in Category: METRO Green Line

Work underway on new Nicollet Mall Station platform

Posted by Drew Kerr | Oct. 5, 2016

Efforts to complete a new platform at Nicollet Mall Station began this week. Located immediately east of the northbound track, the platform was partially constructed in 2013 as work was underway on an adjacent 26-story apartment building, Nic on [...]

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A Line opening sparks curiosity, enthusiasm

| June 14, 2016

Car free for the last five years, Michelle Quaranto relies on transit to travel between her home near the Green Line’s Raymond Avenue Station and her job in Eagan. So when the A Line opened on Saturday, she was eager to see how her commute would [...]

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At Hamline Station, a welcome combination of affordable housing and transit

| May 16, 2016

ReJeana Hill was waiting for a METRO Green Line train at Hamline Avenue Station when she spotted a newly-planted sign on the vacant lot across University Avenue. Apartments coming soon, it said. Eager to find an affordable place with more room [...]

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Wig-Wag lights heighten LRT visibility

Posted by Drew Kerr | April 25, 2016

Sitting on shop carts in a basement workshop at the Hiawatha Operations and Maintenance Facility are dozens of metal and plastic modules, each outfitted with a set of relays, sequencing devices and a tight bundle of red, blue, white and yellow [...]

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New transit-friendly HQ a perfect ‘Match’

| Dec. 14, 2015

When Be the Match relocated to its new North Loop headquarters, Michael Smith thought he'd continue driving to work. But weeks after the relocation, he gave up on the idea of driving and using one of the few underground parking spaces available [...]

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