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Posted by eyedoctor on Sun Nov 15 17:24:19 2009 Tomorrow, Northstar Commuter Rail's grand opening in Minneapolis.Any subchatters in the Twin Cities will be there to take photos? |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Sun Nov 15 17:31:46 2009, in response to Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by eyedoctor on Sun Nov 15 17:24:19 2009. Wow, that's pretty exciting! Apparently it is now dubbed route 888.I won't be there unfortunately, but I look forward to the pictures! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 15 19:08:08 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by The Flxible Neofan on Sun Nov 15 17:31:46 2009. Apparently it is now dubbed route 888What happened . . . did Vukan Vuchic get in at the last minute? |
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Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Sun Nov 15 19:09:36 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 15 19:08:08 2009. ! LOL |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Nov 16 17:20:51 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by The Flxible Neofan on Sun Nov 15 19:09:36 2009. If it ever gets to St CLoud, it might be a neat way to go from the eastbound Empire Builder to downtown Minne. |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Nov 16 18:06:53 2009, in response to Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by eyedoctor on Sun Nov 15 17:24:19 2009. I was supposed to have made a trip to see it. *sigh*So far I found five photos on flickr. The light rail extention is a good deal. now you can fly in, and take two trains WAY out there I suppose. |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Nov 16 20:53:25 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Nov 16 18:06:53 2009. I saw a few pics on, of all places, the baseball-fever.com board (in the "Target Field construction" thread. Northstar (and the Hiawatha light rail line) serve/will serve the stadium (the Hiawatha extension may still be testing).Here's a link to the thread, although you may have to be a member to see the attached pics. I've linked the pic of Northstar at the Target Field station below. Link to pic on Flickr |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Nov 16 22:19:18 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Nov 16 20:53:25 2009. sthe embedded pics came through fine.It looks like a neat set up they have. Last saturday was supposed to be an open house at all the stations. |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by Hoghead on Tue Nov 17 00:08:21 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Nov 16 20:53:25 2009. The new Hiawatha Line station went into service on Monday, the 16th, also. The Hiawatha Line also gets another new station in Bloomington, probably in December.Inbound count on the first day was 1,207. I am guessing that will be a lost closer to 2,000 within a couple of weeks. Lots of information available at: http://www.startribune.com/local/north/70176217.html Look for different things to click on each of the 3 pages, including a video, a graphic, etc. |
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Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Nov 17 03:18:38 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Nov 16 18:06:53 2009. Yup. Need moar. |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Nov 17 12:20:51 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Hoghead on Tue Nov 17 00:08:21 2009. Seems that Target Field will be one of the few Major League baseball stadiums served by commuter rail and "city" rail (i.e. light or heavy rail). Only other ones that come to mind are the NY stadiums and possibly(Actually, AT&T Park in San Francisco is not far from the CalTrain station, but only Muni Metro's T-Third St line serves it directly (the N-Judah also serves it, but that will end with next month's Muni service cutbacks)). |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:48:04 2009, in response to Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by eyedoctor on Sun Nov 15 17:24:19 2009. An interesting system...40 miles, only 7 stations.Any new transit is good, so I hope it works out. |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:53:10 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Mon Nov 16 18:06:53 2009. Here's a good take from a foamer/journalist:http://www.minnpost.com/davidhawley/2009/11/17/13511/riding_the_northstar_an_on-time_glide_with_two-story_views Interestingly enough, the operators of the service will be BNSF employees. I'm not aware of any privately held American freight railroad operating a commuter service anywhere else. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:55:08 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Nov 16 20:53:25 2009. How far is Target Field from downtown Minneapolis? That looks like an inconvenient place for a terminal. |
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Posted by Jon Bell on Tue Nov 17 13:26:35 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:53:10 2009. Don't UP and BNSF operate the Metra routes in Chicago that use their tracks?
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 14:41:05 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Jon Bell on Tue Nov 17 13:26:35 2009. Good question. I'm not sure. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 15:20:20 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Jon Bell on Tue Nov 17 13:26:35 2009. Metra's Wikipedia page states Metra took over full control of all it's commuter services in 1984.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metra |
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Posted by Hoghead on Tue Nov 17 15:37:33 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 15:20:20 2009. Metra did NOT take over full control of all its commuter services. Union Pacific operates the 3 former Chicago & Northwestern lines under a contract with Metra. BNSF operates the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy line under a contract with Metra. |
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Posted by Hoghead on Tue Nov 17 15:54:17 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:55:08 2009. Target Field is on the west edge of downtown Minneapolis. Northstar riders have 3 choices: walk outdoors to their final destination, enter the skyway system at the adjacent 5th Street parking ramp for an indoor walk all over downtown, or hop on the Hiawatha Line at the new station. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 16:47:17 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Hoghead on Tue Nov 17 15:37:33 2009. Which is why I noted Wikipedia said it, not that it was absolute fact. |
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Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Tue Nov 17 18:44:53 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Nov 17 12:20:51 2009. Camden Yards in Baltimore has the Light Rail and MARC's Camden Line.Fenway Park has Kenmore on the Green Line in one direction and the Yawkey commuter rail station in the other. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Nov 17 18:54:16 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Scrabbleship on Tue Nov 17 18:44:53 2009. seattle? |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Nov 17 19:00:49 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:53:10 2009. Well, maybe a few, along with parking-averse shoppers and people who like to go to bed early on Saturday nights or get home on Sundays in time to see "60 Minutes."=== Sounds like I'd like it. |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Nov 17 19:53:00 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:53:10 2009. Back in the day (late 80s), Southern Pacific operated CalTrain in the SF Bay Area. Not sure who does now. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Nov 17 20:17:44 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Nov 17 19:53:00 2009. It's now AMTRAK. |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Wed Nov 18 01:24:14 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 15 19:08:08 2009. It's probably an internal route number, similar to the way MBTA's subway lines have internal route numbers (ex. Route 903 is the internal number for the T's Orange Line). |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Wed Nov 18 01:53:38 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Nov 17 12:20:51 2009. Seattle also fits in this category as well: Sounder Commuter Rail stops at King Street Station, while Sound Transit's Central Light Rail line serves the Stadium Station - both of which are within walking distance of Safeco Field. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Nov 18 21:07:00 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by ctrabs74 on Wed Nov 18 01:24:14 2009. NJT has internal numbers for NJTR as well. NJT's light rail has internal numbers for the light rail that line up with the bus route internal numbers (e.g. HBLR is route 100). |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Wed Nov 18 22:19:43 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by ctrabs74 on Wed Nov 18 01:24:14 2009. Yep, and the LACMTA rail lines have internal numbers in the 800 series (801=Blue, 802=Red, etc.)**-I don't know if the Purple line has a separate number, or if it operates as a branch of 802, since the numbers are internal only, MTA may be doing it that way. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 19 07:40:24 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Nov 17 12:48:04 2009. Cheap enough too, at $7.92 million per mile including rolling stock. |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Nov 19 09:03:43 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Nov 17 18:54:16 2009. Yes |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Nov 19 09:06:17 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Nov 17 20:17:44 2009. Ah I see, thanks. IIRC, Caltrain is managed by a Joint Powers Authority made up of the 3 counties that CalTrain serves (San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara). |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 19 17:40:36 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16-starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Tue Nov 17 20:17:44 2009. No, it's Amtrak. (The word isn't an acronym.) |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Thu Nov 19 18:23:21 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by ctrabs74 on Wed Nov 18 01:24:14 2009. I think the Light Rail in MN has a real route number though. I forget if it was displayed on the stops, but I think the schedules had it. |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Nov 19 19:54:23 2009, in response to Re: Nov 16—starting date of Northstar Commuter rail, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Thu Nov 19 18:23:21 2009. Line 55 |
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