Blue Line Light Rail

The metro blue line formerly called the 55 hiawatha line is a 12 mile 19 3 km light rail line in hennepin county minnesota that extends from downtown minneapolis to the southern suburb of bloomington the line was originally named after hiawatha avenue which runs parallel to a good portion of the line.

Blue line light rail. Hennepin county and the metropolitan. The a line formerly the blue line is a 22 0 mile 35 4 km light rail line running north south between los angeles and long beach california passing through downtown los angeles south los angeles watts willowbrook compton rancho dominguez and long beach in los angeles county it is one of six lines in the metro rail system. The charlotte blue line light rail extension the charlotte metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing and most economically dynamic regions in the united states. Project partners announce new direction for metro blue line extension after years of unsuccessful discussions with bnsf railway regarding colocation of light rail transit and freight rail in the bottineau corridor bnsf railway remains unwilling to allow the metro blue line extension bottineau light rail transit project to be built on its property.

Sacrt is implementing a service recovery plan to restore service to pre covid 19 levels on sunday august 30. The 1 5 billion bottineau blue line light rail project would have linked downtown minneapolis to the northern part of the city as well as golden valley robbinsdale crystal and brooklyn park beginning 2024. Major locations on the line include the mall of america minneapolis st. The lynx blue line is a light rail line in charlotte north carolina the 19 3 mile 31 1 km line goes from its northern terminus at the university of north carolina at charlotte in university city through noda uptown and south end then paralleling south boulevard to its southern terminus just north of interstate 485 at the pineville city limits.

Metro blue line sunday southbound sunday from downtown minneapolis to mall of america. However the potential route is now unclear. Dozens of bus routes are timed to connect with trains at blue line stations making it easy to get to work to shopping or wherever you need to be. Download pdf of detailed route map.

This includes light rail services bus and peak only express. The metro blue line extension also known in earlier stages as bottineau light rail transit would serve portions of north minneapolis golden valley robbinsdale crystal and brooklyn park. Since 1990 the area has grown from 1 million residents to its current population of more than 2 3 million. Downtown minneapolis target field.

Opened in 1990 it is the system s oldest and third busiest.