The Northstar, which opened in 2009, runs from downtown Minneapolis to Big Lake. The pandemic significantly reduced ridership ...

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The long-struggling Northstar Commuter Rail line between Minneapolis and Big Lake may be shut down and replaced with bus service, according to a joint announcement Monday from the Minnesota Department ...

Commuter rail, long a mainstay in megacities such as New York and Chicago, has had a bumpy introduction in the Twin Cities that could discourage all kinds of transit development in these parts for ...

As the Northstar Commuter Rail line nears its first birthday, ridership has fallen below expectations. A week after it was announced that plans to expand the rail line to St. Cloud have been shelved, ...

Plans to build housing, warehouse space and offices near the Northstar Commuter Rail line have Fridley officials looking to put the state’s first transit-driven tax increment financing district to use ...

St. Anthony Main, the Mississippi and Rum rivers, Springbrook Nature Center, downtown Elk River, graffiti and farm fields — these are just a few of the sites along the 40-mile route of the new ...

The number of daily riders on the NorthStar line has stayed at 2,000, about 11 percent below projections. (File photo: Bill Klotz) Low ridership delaying extension to St. Cloud After disappointing ...

Earlier this month, fewer than 120 passengers per weekday climbed aboard the Northstar Commuter Rail line — a stark example of how the COVID-19 pandemic has savaged public transportation ridership.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- By the end of the year, Northstar's ridership is expected to be 15 to 20 percent behind expectations and Metro Transit says it is partly to blame on high unemployment. "The fact ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Three days after some of the worst driving conditions in recent memory, plenty of people were still late to work, but the roads weren't the culprit. The Northstar Commuter Rail ...