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Posts in Category: METRO Orange Line

I-35W & Lake Street Station opening October 18

Posted by John Komarek | Oct. 13, 2021

After decades of visioning and community input, the I-35W & Lake Street Station will open to the public on Monday, Oct. 18. The two-level station, in the center of I-35W, will be served by several local and express routes and, starting [...]

Bus METRO Orange Line

Outreach drives Orange Line-related service changes

Posted by John Komarek | May 21, 2021

As part of the Orange Line Connecting Bus Study's Recommended Plan, Route 515 consolidates from three variations to one. In anticipation of the METRO Orange Line’s late-2021 opening, Metro Transit is proposing a host of bus service changes that [...]

METRO Orange Line Minneapolis

Orange Line at the center of an exciting new chapter for I-35W

Posted by John Komarek | July 23, 2019

Gov. Tim Walz addresses the media and a crowd at the METRO Orange Line groundbreaking ceremony at the Knox Avenue Park & Ride. From General Manager Wes Kooistra Sixty years ago next month, Twin Cities motorists celebrated the opening of [...]

Bus METRO Orange Line Minneapolis

Key I-35W transit improvements moving forward

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 9, 2017

Two key improvements included in plans for a new Bus Rapid Transit line on Interstate 35W will be built thanks to a key federal approval. The Federal Transit Administration’s Letter of No Prejudice allows local funding to be used on a [...]

Accessibility METRO Orange Line

Expanding access and accessibility on the Orange Line

| Jan. 30, 2017

On Marq2, hundreds of buses pull quickly in and out of stops during the afternoon rush hour. At Interstate 35W and Lake Street, customers ascend a steep set of stairs to wait in what is essentially the freeway shoulder. And at the I-35W & 46th [...]

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