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Mall of America station
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This is a route-map template for Mall of America station, a Bloomington, Minnesota railway station.

Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions [1],[2] for more information.


Template talk:Rail-interchange‎

Orange Line

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Upper level layout
to/from Lake Street
to/from Lake Street
Lower level layout
to Lake & Nicollet
to/from I-35W
to Lake & 4th/5th Avenue
Marq2 Transit Corridor
 
Park and ride

all stations
accessible

This is a route-map template for the Marq2, a transit corridor in the United States.

Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions [1],[2] for more information.



D Line

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History

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Route

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The D Line follows the existing Route 5 from Brooklyn Center Transit Center (BCTC) to Mall of America station. Route 5 is the busiest bus route in the state, seeing a 2019 average daily ridership of ##,###. Route 5 is commonly plagued by delays and overcrowding issues, in which the D Line will try to solve.

In Brooklyn Center, the D Line will share three existing stations with the C Line. In downtown Minneapolis, the D Line will share five existing stations with the C Line.

Stations

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metro transit rolling stock 7 april 2021

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Model Route Thumbnail Series Numbers Years Qty. Garage Length Propulsion Notes
Nova Bus LFX Red Line 4252-4258 2013-2020 7 Eagan 40 ft (12 m) Diesel
  • These buses were the only Nova Buses to operate in Minnesota.
  • Owned by Minnesota Valley Transit Authority.
  • Retired December 5, 2020 after reaching the end of their useful mileage.
Gillig Low Floor Red Line 1750-1756 2020-Present[a] 7 South 40 ft (12 m) Diesel
  • Used in regular service from 2016-2020.
  • Wrapped in METRO livery for use on the Red Line after Metro Transit took over operations in December 2020.
Gillig BRTPlus A Line 8000-8011 2016-Present 16 South 40 ft (12 m) Diesel
  • 8013-8015 were delivered in 2019 with minor upgrades such as USB charges and different seat patterns and stop requests.
  • 8013-8015 were also temporarily used on the C Line from delivery in June 2019 to January 2020 due to charger issues that rendered 8100 series buses out of service. Buses were stored at Heywood Garage during this time.
8012 2017-Present
8013-8015 2019-Present
Gillig Low Floor A Line 7109 2017-2019[a] 1 South[1] 40 ft (12 m) Diesel
  • Used in regular service from 2004-2017.
  • Wrapped in METRO livery for use on the A Line in 2017.
  • Retired late summer 2019 after reaching the end of its useful life.
New Flyer XD60 C Line 8100-8105 2019-Present 6 Heywood 60 ft (18 m) Diesel
  • Along with the 8700 series, some buses have names given to them by community organizations along the C Line corridor.
New Flyer XE60 C Line 8700-8707 2019-Present 8 Heywood 60 ft (18 m) Battery electric
  • Along with the 8100 series, some buses have names given to them by community organizations along the C Line corridor.
  • First articulated battery electric buses in Minnesota.
  • The series has been plagued by unreliable chargers, rendering them available for only 72% of service days. Due to issues with charges, the entire series has needed to be pulled from service three times, including most recently March 2, 2021.
New Flyer XD60 C Line 3425-3429 2019-Present[a] 5 Heywood 60 ft (18 m) Diesel
  • Used in regular service from 2016-2019.
  • Retrofitted for use on the C Line in 2019; fareboxes were removed and vehicles were wrapped in METRO livery.
  • Bus 3421, part of the same order, was temporarily wrapped in METRO livery in 2017 for C Line outreach and use on the A Line.
  Retired   Retired Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
  1. ^ a b c Previously used on regular routes before entering BRT service

C Line Sandbox

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Fleet

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The C Line has fourteen 60-foot articulated buses assigned to the route. Six buses are diesel XD60 models and eight are battery-electric XE60 models, the first electric articulated buses in Minnesota.[2] These buses were manufactured by New Flyer Industries in Saint Cloud, Minnesota and have three doors and wider aisles for faster boarding.[3][4] The fleet is also equipped with transit signal priority, Quantum wheelchair securement, free WiFi, and USB chargers. Each bus was given a unique name by communities along the corridor.[5]

Due to issues with charging equipment at garages, all eight electric buses were temporarily removed from service in July 2019 and then again in October.[6][7] Because of this, three Gillig BRTPlus buses ordered for the A Line were temporarily placed into service on the C Line from July 2019 through January 2020.[8] The electric buses returned to service late-October the same year.[9]

Additionally, five New Flyer XD60 buses were retrofitted with their fareboxes and To-Go card readers removed and repainted into METRO branding to be used on the C Line and A Line as necessary.[10]

Stations

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Penn & Lowry station

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Penn & West Broadway station

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User:Central Corridor/Penn & West Broadway station

Uptown Transit Station

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BCTC

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Renovation

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In mid-2020 Metro Transit plans on renovating the 15-year-old transit center to provide a better experience for customers.[11] Since the opening of the Metro C Line in June 2019, the transit center has seen an increase in traffic. In an interview, Metro Transit Spokesperson Howie Pandilla said "When you have a transit center that's been used as much as this has, it can come to look used. It needs a facelift every once in a while."[12]

The renovation is not funded as part of either the C Line or D Line projects, but through Metro Transit's capital improvements budget.[13] Current plans call for replacement of concrete and crosswalks, as well as other accessibility improvements, additional lighting both inside and outside the facility, canopies for plazas at either end of the building, bench replacement, additional bike racks, a renovated waiting area and restrooms, and a renovated drivers' lounge.[11][13] In February 2020, Star Tribune insinuated that a police substation would be added to the existing building, but there are no plans to construct police facilities.[13] The renovation is expected to be complete late 2020.[11]

Electric bus charging

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FREAKING RFTA

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VelociRFTAtest
Certain trips
to downtown
West Glenwood
Glenwood Meadows
Glenwood Rec Center
Roaring Fork River
8th St + Colorado Ave/Pitkin Ave
Grand Ave + 9th St/9th St + Colorado Ave
Grand Ave + 14th St
Grand Ave + 20th St
27th St
Roaring Fork River
Carbondale
El Jabel
Willits
Basalt
Brush Creek
AABC Airport
Buttermilk
Hallam St + 8th St
Garmisch St + Hopkins Ave
Paepcke Park
Rubey Park Transit Center

all stations
accessible

This is a route-map template for bus rapid transit line.

Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See these discussions [1],[2] for more information.

Category:Bus routemap templates


Bus rapid transit

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The Twin Cities region currently has three bus rapid transit lines, with serval lines under construction and planning stages. Bus rapid transit lines operate with specialized buses.

  1. ^ "Metro Transit 7109". Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Metro Transit puts electric buses into service on new C-Line". KSTP. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ Steiner, Katie (8 June 2019). "Metro Transit Debuts Electric C Line Bus, Providing Connection For Underserved North Minneapolis". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ "The New C Line: A Reason to Celebrate & A Sign of What's Possible". Move Minnesota. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ Bell, Demetairs; Bruce, Howard (13 May 2019). "Metro C Line Update". Metropolitan Council. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  6. ^ Moore, Janet (19 July 2019). "Metro Transit's first electric buses temporarily removed from service". Star Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Metro Transit: Electric buses removed from service while issues resolved". KSTP. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Metro Transit (Minnesota) 8013-8015". cptdb.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Transportation Committee". Metropolitan Council. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Metro Transit (Minnesota) 3420-3449". cptdb.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "Brooklyn Center Transit Center Station". www.metrotransit.org. Metro Transit. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  12. ^ Goins, Sonya (2 January 2020). "Upgrades Planned for Brooklyn Center Transit Station". CCX Media. Northwest Community Television. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ^ a b c Harlow, Tim (14 January 2020). "Makeover planned for Brooklyn Center Transit Center". Star Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2020.