Bottineau LRT

Bottineau LRT
Overview
Other name(s)	Blue Line Extension
Status	Engineering phase[1]
Locale	Hennepin County, Minnesota
Termini	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stations	12 planned
Website	https://bluelineext.org
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Metro Transit
Daily ridership	30,000 (projection)[2]
History
Planned opening	2030 (anticipated)[3]
Technical
Line length	13.4 mi (21.6 km)
Character	Surface
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Legend Oak Grove Parkway MN 610 93rd Avenue 85th Avenue Shingle Creek Brooklyn Boulevard CSAH 81 Bottineau Boulevard I-94 / I-694 63rd Avenue Bass Lake Road MN 100 Robbinsdale North Rice Pond/Grimes Pond Golden Valley Road Plymouth Ave/Theodore Wirth Park Penn Avenue Van White Boulevard I-94 Southwest LRT to Southwest   Northstar Line to Big Lake Target Field Blue Line to Mall of America Green Line to Union Depot Planned BNSF alignment all stations accessible This diagram: view talk edit

The Bottineau LRT (Metro Blue Line Extension) is a proposed light rail line extension in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul Metro area, projected to run northwest from Target Field station in downtown Minneapolis to the communities of North Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Brooklyn Park.

The selected alignment was initially planned to run adjacent to a BNSF freight line, but opposition from the company has forced the project to be redesigned with a new routing. The project will now primarily run along County Road 81 (Bottineau Boulevard).

Parts of this article (those related to the route map with its old BNSF alignment and Minneapolis stations) need to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2024)