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 ...

A little bit of creativity, and some strategic thinking, could give the Northstar Line — the 16-year-old commuter rail service run by Metro Transit but set to end in January — a whole new lease on ...

Commuter rail, long a mainstay in megacities such as New York and Chicago, has had a bumpy introduction in the Twin Cities that could discourage all kinds of transit development in these parts for ...

Earlier this month, fewer than 120 passengers per weekday climbed aboard the Northstar Commuter Rail line — a stark example of how the COVID-19 pandemic has savaged public transportation ridership.

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 shelved, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Three days after some of the worst driving conditions in recent memory, plenty of people were still late to work, but the roads weren't the culprit. The Northstar Commuter Rail ...

Plans to build housing, warehouse space and offices near the Northstar Commuter Rail line have Fridley officials looking to put the state’s first transit-driven tax increment financing district to use ...

A proposed set of fares for the Northstar rail line is too low, the Metropolitan Council said Thursday. Hoping to shift more of the operating costs to riders, the Met Council canceled three public ...

Transportation in the Twin Cities region entered a new era Monday, as the Northstar Commuter Rail Line began daily service. Northstar – operated by Metro Transit – will offer five trips weekdays ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- By the end of the year, Northstar's ridership is expected to be 15 to 20 percent behind expectations and Metro Transit says it is partly to blame on high unemployment. "The fact ...

After more than a decade of state planning, the Northstar commuter-rail line opened to the public Monday. Residents throughout the north metropolitan area celebrated the lineâÄôs opening on Saturday ...