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Metro Blue Line (Minnesota)

METRO Blue Line
Minneapolis Light Train.jpg
Light rail train in Minneapolis
Overview
Type Light rail
System METRO
Status Operational
Locale Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Bloomington, Minnesota
Termini Mall of America (south)
Target Field (north)
Stations 19 open, 10 proposed
Daily ridership 31,471 (avg. weekday, 2015)
Website METRO Blue Line
Operation
Opened 26 June 2004 (2004-06-26)
Operator(s) Metro Transit
Character At grade, in mostly separated right of way, but with some street running
Technical
Line length 12 mi (19.3 km)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Minimum radius 82 feet (25 m)
Electrification Overhead lines, 750 V DC
Operating speed 55 mph (89 km/h) max
18 mph (29 km/h) average
Route number 901 (whole line, formerly 55)
906 (airport shuttle, formerly 56)
Route map
Bottineau Transitway (Proposed)
Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
(Proposed)
Target Field
to Northstar Line and proposed
Duluth and Red Rock lines
I-394
Warehouse District / Hennepin Avenue
Nicollet Mall
Government Plaza
U.S. Bank Stadium
Downtown fare zone limit
 Green Line 
I-35W
Cedar-Riverside
I-94
Franklin Avenue
Cedar Ave
MN 55 (Hiawatha Ave)
Lake Street / Midtown
38th Street
46th Street
Minnehaha Parkway
50th Street / Minnehaha Park
VA Medical Center
MN 62
Fort Snelling
Airport – Terminal 1-Lindbergh
free 24-hour operation between terminals
Airport – Terminal 2-Humphrey
I-494
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