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Metro (Minnesota)
Metro (stylized as METRO) is a transit network in Minnesota serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. As of 2025, the system consists of two light rail lines (Blue and Green Lines) and eight bus rapid transit (BRT) lines (Gold, Orange, Red, A, B, C, D, and E Lines), all of which are operated by Metro Transit, a service of the region's metropolitan planning agency. The nine lines connect Minneapolis and Saint Paul with surrounding communities.
In the 1970s, roughly contemporaneous with the construction of Washington D.C.'s Metro system and San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit, the newly formed Metropolitan Council contemplated the creation of a similar mass transit for the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, but the idea was eventually abandoned due to opposition from the Minnesota Legislature. For the next few decades, there were repeated proposals to build light rail along several corridors, particularly the University Avenue corridor between downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul (the present Green Line), but the idea of light rail only gained steam in the late 1990s.
In 1999, the Minnesota Legislature approved funding for the first line (the present Blue Line) along Hiawatha Avenue (initially named the Hiawatha Line) in south Minneapolis, which opened in 2004, initially just to Fort Snelling station in June, and to Mall of America station in December. In 2011, in anticipation of the opening of the Red Line and Green Line, and in order to help passengers better identify with each of the routes, Metro Transit announced that the system would be rebranded and each line assigned a unique color. The first phase of the Red Line bus rapid transit (BRT) opened in mid-2013, and the first phase of the Green Line (also known as the Central Corridor) in mid-2014.
The first arterial BRT line, the A Line, which operates along Snelling Avenue between 46th Street station at the Blue Line and Rosedale Transit Center in Roseville, and also connects to the Green Line, opened on June 11, 2016. The C Line, running on Olson Memorial Highway and Penn Avenue from downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Center Transit Center in the northwest suburbs, opened on June 8, 2019.
Prior to August 17, 2019, service along the entire length of the Green Line operated 24/7, the only one of 22 light rail systems in the United States to do so, but a common practice on some heavy rail lines such as the New York City Subway and PATH. The service gap from 2AM to 4AM was replaced by bus service. The current schedule on the Blue Line sees the first departure at 3:19AM and the last arrival at 12:50AM. On the Green Line, the first departure is at 4:29AM and the last arrival is at 12:10AM. Metro Transit also provides a shuttle service between the stations serving Terminal 1 (Lindbergh) and Terminal 2 (Humphrey) of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport during the overnight service gap on the Blue Line.
The Orange Line, which connects Burnsville to downtown Minneapolis via Interstate 35W, with stops in Bloomington, Richfield, and south Minneapolis, opened on December 4, 2021. The D Line, running between the Mall of America and Brooklyn Center Transit Center via downtown Minneapolis via Chicago and Fremont Avenues, opened on December 3, 2022. The Gold Line, which is the system's first BRT line operating primarily on exclusive lanes, opened on March 22, 2025, and connects communities between downtown Saint Paul and Woodbury along the Interstate 94 corridor. The B Line, serving the Selby-Lake corridor between Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul, opened on June 14, 2025. The E Line, connecting Southdale and Westgate via Downtown Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, opened December 6, 2025.
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Metro (Minnesota)
Metro (stylized as METRO) is a transit network in Minnesota serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. As of 2025, the system consists of two light rail lines (Blue and Green Lines) and eight bus rapid transit (BRT) lines (Gold, Orange, Red, A, B, C, D, and E Lines), all of which are operated by Metro Transit, a service of the region's metropolitan planning agency. The nine lines connect Minneapolis and Saint Paul with surrounding communities.
In the 1970s, roughly contemporaneous with the construction of Washington D.C.'s Metro system and San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit, the newly formed Metropolitan Council contemplated the creation of a similar mass transit for the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, but the idea was eventually abandoned due to opposition from the Minnesota Legislature. For the next few decades, there were repeated proposals to build light rail along several corridors, particularly the University Avenue corridor between downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul (the present Green Line), but the idea of light rail only gained steam in the late 1990s.
In 1999, the Minnesota Legislature approved funding for the first line (the present Blue Line) along Hiawatha Avenue (initially named the Hiawatha Line) in south Minneapolis, which opened in 2004, initially just to Fort Snelling station in June, and to Mall of America station in December. In 2011, in anticipation of the opening of the Red Line and Green Line, and in order to help passengers better identify with each of the routes, Metro Transit announced that the system would be rebranded and each line assigned a unique color. The first phase of the Red Line bus rapid transit (BRT) opened in mid-2013, and the first phase of the Green Line (also known as the Central Corridor) in mid-2014.
The first arterial BRT line, the A Line, which operates along Snelling Avenue between 46th Street station at the Blue Line and Rosedale Transit Center in Roseville, and also connects to the Green Line, opened on June 11, 2016. The C Line, running on Olson Memorial Highway and Penn Avenue from downtown Minneapolis to Brooklyn Center Transit Center in the northwest suburbs, opened on June 8, 2019.
Prior to August 17, 2019, service along the entire length of the Green Line operated 24/7, the only one of 22 light rail systems in the United States to do so, but a common practice on some heavy rail lines such as the New York City Subway and PATH. The service gap from 2AM to 4AM was replaced by bus service. The current schedule on the Blue Line sees the first departure at 3:19AM and the last arrival at 12:50AM. On the Green Line, the first departure is at 4:29AM and the last arrival is at 12:10AM. Metro Transit also provides a shuttle service between the stations serving Terminal 1 (Lindbergh) and Terminal 2 (Humphrey) of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport during the overnight service gap on the Blue Line.
The Orange Line, which connects Burnsville to downtown Minneapolis via Interstate 35W, with stops in Bloomington, Richfield, and south Minneapolis, opened on December 4, 2021. The D Line, running between the Mall of America and Brooklyn Center Transit Center via downtown Minneapolis via Chicago and Fremont Avenues, opened on December 3, 2022. The Gold Line, which is the system's first BRT line operating primarily on exclusive lanes, opened on March 22, 2025, and connects communities between downtown Saint Paul and Woodbury along the Interstate 94 corridor. The B Line, serving the Selby-Lake corridor between Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul, opened on June 14, 2025. The E Line, connecting Southdale and Westgate via Downtown Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, opened December 6, 2025.
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