End to Northstar?

[railiner]

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/...eplacing-northstar-commuter-trains-with-buses

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

How people work has changed. Not sure a bus is going to be more successful. Seems most bus have traffic to deal with, and they like to swerve and wiggle to multiple stops.

Probably not helping that the original route plan was longer.

 

[GDRRiley]

Lack of service and the route not being as long as it was going to be will hurt ridership.
Some slides from Twin Cities-St. Cloud-Fargo/Moorhead Corridor Study Feb 2025

 

[GariYaMoshi]

Before the legislators get too excited over the cost-savings, they need to figure out the exit costs to the existing service.

The estimated savings may not be the $10 million they are expecting.

The whole Twin Cities transit system has struggled since the pandemic with many routes/stops never restarted. Remote work is still a possibility for many employees.