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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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. ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...