Project Partners • Metropolitan Council • Metro Transit • Federal Transit Administration • Counties Transit Improvement Board • Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority • State of Minnesota • Minnesota Department of Transportation • City of Minneapolis The new Southwest LRT will extend light rail train service • City of St. Louis Park between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. • City of Hopkins • City of Minnetonka Riders will find easy access at any one of the proposed 17 new • City of Eden Prairie ­stations plus the five stations shared with the METRO Blue Line • City of Edina in downtown Minneapolis.

MOVING AHEAD Trains will operate about every 10 minutes during peak times with an estimated travel time of 37 minutes from Mitchell Station in Eden Prairie to Target Field Station in WITH LIGHT RAIL downtown Minneapolis.

The Southwest LRT line will have up to 35 new light rail To learn more, go to: transit vehicles, each with 66 seats and comfortable standing room for 70 people. The new line is expected Web: www.SWLRT.org to carry approximately 34,000 rides every weekday on Twitter: www.twitter.com/southwestlrt average by 2030. Email: [email protected] Connecting LRT / Rail

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