METRO gives you more

When you see METRO, you can find fast, frequent, all-day service between stations with enhanced amenities. METRO gives you morespeed, moretrips, morefeatures.

Some METRO lines use trains, others use buses. Whether it runs on a road or on tracks, customers can expect trips at least every 15 minutes during most of the day.

METRO lines serve stations with enhanced amenities, like heating, added lighting, NexTrip real-time information, pay-at-the-station boarding, and improved security features.

Light Rail

• TheMETRO Blue Line travels between Mall of America and Target Field.
• TheMETRO Green Line links downtown Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota, and downtown St. Paul.

Bus rapid transit

Some bus rapid transit lines are denoted by colors and operate on dedicated roadways and freeways with transit advantages:

• TheMETRO Gold Line travels mainly on a bus-only roadway north of I-94 between downtown St. Paul and Woodbury.
• TheMETRO Orange Line travels mainly on I-35W between downtown Minneapolis and Burnsville.
• TheMETRO Red Line travels on Cedar Avenue between Apple Valley and Mall of America.

Lettered BRT lines operated in mixed traffic with signal priority.

• TheMETRO A Line travels mainly along Snelling Avenue and 46th Street, linking Rosedale with the METRO Blue Line’s 46th Street Station.
• TheMETRO C Line travels mainly along Penn Avenue, linking downtown Minneapolis with Brooklyn Center Transit Center.
• TheMETRO D Line links Brooklyn Center Transit Center and Mall of America, serving north Minneapolis, downtown Minneapolis, Richfield, and Bloomington along the way.

The METRO network is growing.

• Learn about future METRO lines

METRO system map

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