Things have gotten so bad at the Northstar Line, which cost taxpayers $375 million, that the state may replace the entire line with bus service. Pre-pandemic, the North Star Line carried 767,000 ...

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 ...

In 2019, the Northstar Line carried 767,768 passengers and operated seven days a week. After COVID-19 hit, Metro Transit cut back Northstar’s daily round trips and eliminated weekend service.

Metro Transit's Northstar Commuter Rail line, a public transportation service running between Big Lake and downtown Minneapolis, is facing an uncertain future. In 2023, it cost taxpayers over $11. ...

The Northstar line currently has trains running into Minneapolis from Big Lake, Fridley, Coon Rapids-Riverdale, Anoka and Ramsey Stations.

It took nearly 13 years, $317 million and a few political derailments, but the Northstar commuter rail line made its initial run this morning, moving full speed ahead out of Big Lake at 5 a.m ...

The 40-mile Northstar line from Big Lake to Minneapolis continues to shed riders since its 2009 debut, and now Metro Transit is cutting fares in an attempt to reverse the trend. A lot of smart money ...

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 ...

The Northstar line is my go-to transportation for Twins games, and has been for several years, but I’m boarding and disembarking at the Fridley station, not Big Lake, ...

Shuttering Northstar would require the state to pay $85 million to the U.S. Department of Transportation, a partial reimbursement of federal funds that were used to build the line.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A possible strike that could put a halt to the Northstar Commuter train has been averted for now. President Barack Obama appointed a board on Thursday to review a dispute ...