Central Corridor (Minnesota)

Central Corridor (Minnesota)

Bottineau Transitway (proposed) Southwest Corridor (proposed) Target Fieldto Northstar Line and proposed Duluth and Red Rock lines Interstate 394 Warehouse District / Hennepin Nicollet Mall Government Plaza Downtown East / Metrodome Minneapolis downtown fare zone Hiawatha Line Interstate 35W West Bank Mississippi River East Bank Stadium Village Prospect Park Minneapolis/ St. Paul border Westgate Minnesota State Highway 280 Raymond Avenue Amtrak Empire Builder Fairview Avenue Snelling Avenue Hamline Avenue Lexington Parkway Victoria Street Dale Street Western Avenue St. Paul downtown fare zone Capitol/Rice Street Robert Street Interstate 94 10th Street Central Saint Paul Union Depot proposed Red Rock Corridor

The Central Corridor (to be called the Green Line in the future) is a light rail line under construction that is to cover the 11-mile (18 km) stretch between the downtown regions of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota. The line will follow the path of current Metro Transit bus routes 16 and 50 along University Avenue and Washington Avenue (which runs from downtown Minneapolis through the University of Minnesota). Barring any further delays, it is projected to open in 2014 and will be the second light-rail line in the region, after the Hiawatha Line, which opened in 2004 and connects Minneapolis with the southern suburb of Bloomington. Construction on the line began in late 2010.