About:Metro Transit (Minnesota)/service change/12-4-2021
Metro Transit (Minnesota) 12-4-2021
On Dec. 4, Metro Transit is making changes to transit service within your community. As we do each quarter, we review and analyze our resources and ridership trends. Metro Transit continues to face unprecedented driver shortages, resulting in cancelled trips that inconvenience transit customers.
These service adjustments to bus routes continue our ongoing work to best serve customers throughout our system with our given resources. Changes scheduled to take place on Dec. 4 are expected to increase the reliability of our scheduled service by altering service using these criteria:
- Equity " Evaluate service changes and reductions with an eye towards reducing impact on communities of color and low income
- Alternate service " Identify service where customers have an alternative (route, frequency or auto)
- Minimize ridership impact
- Preserve frequent transit service (every 10-15 minutes)
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As the pandemic continues, remember:
" Face coverings are still required by federal mandate on public transit. " Transit Information is available by phone (612-373-3333) and text (612-444-1161) Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. " 8 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and at Service Centers in downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis " hours and locations here. Customer Relations is available by phone (612-373-3333) and online Monday-Friday 8 a.m. " 4:30 p.m.
Continue to watch metrotransit.org/health for the latest information.
Check below to see if your route has changes beginning Saturday, Dec 4.
If your route is not listed, the current service or suspension will remain for that route.
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METRO ORANGE LINE (PDF) NEW SERVICE
- Service begins on the new METRO Orange Line (replacing Routes 535 and 597)
- Weekday service will change to approximately every 30 minutes.
- Weekday service will change to approximately every 12 minutes.
- Schedule times adjusted to maintain connections with the METRO Green Line.
- Schedule times adjusted to better match times of suspended Route 19
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- Weekday service will change to approximately every 12 minutes.
- Trips that start and end at Chicago & 38th St. will be extended to Chicago & 56th St.
- Schedule times will be adjusted for all days of the week to better reflect actual travel times.
- Weekday afternoon and evening frequency will be changed to approximately every 10 minutes.
- Southbound afternoon trip frequency will be reduced.
- Trips will be extended all days of the week to 66th St & Cedar Ave. to better serve Cedar Point Commons and improve connections with Route 515.
- Weekday morning northbound and afternoon southbound trips will be routed via service to and from VA Medical Center and to connect with Route 515 for Richfield customers.
- Schedule times will be adjusted for all days of the week to better reflect actual travel times.
- N branch trips will be rerouted at Northtown Transit Center via 81st Ave. via University Ave.
- Schedule times will be adjusted to reflect new routing.
- Weekday morning and evening trip frequency will be reduced.
- Schedule times will be adjusted for all days of the week for better connections with new METRO Orange Line.
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service see Route 612 which will replace service between Uptown Transit Station and Minnetonka.
- Saturday schedule will be adjusted to match Sunday schedule.
ROUTE 16
- Route will be suspended.
- Alternate service available on the METRO Green Line.
- Frequency during morning and evening rush hours reduced to every 15 minutes.
- Frequency is reduced to every 10 minutes between 66th St. and downtown on Weekdays and Saturdays.
- Grand Avenue service is suspended on all days of the week.
ROUTE 19
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service see METRO C Line.
- Trip frequency will be adjusted on weekdays and Saturdays.
- Saturday schedule will be adjusted to match Sunday schedule.
- Routing will be adjusted at Northtown Transit Center via University Ave. to 89th Ave. on southbound trips and via 87th Ln. to Jefferson St. to Co. Rd. 10 to University Ave. on northbound trips.
- Schedule times will be adjusted to reflect new routing.
- Frequency during peak periods is reduced to every 15 to 30 minutes.
- Schedule times adjusted for better connections with new METRO Orange Line.
- Saturday and Sunday service will be suspended.
- For alternate service on Saturday and Sunday in Highland Park near Cleveland Ave. will be available on Route 87B.
- Select weekday and Saturday trips will be rerouted to serve Canabury Dr.
- Saturday service to West St. Paul will begin earlier around 5 a.m., with service every 30 minutes beginning about 6:30 a.m.
- Early Saturday trips now leaving Wabasha/6th St. at 6:02 and 6:32 a.m. will start at Signal Hills Shopping Center and leave Wabasha/6th St. at 5:35 and 6:10 a.m.
- Weekday and Saturday trips times will be adjusted to reflect actual travel times.
- Schedule times will be adjusted for all days of the week to better reflect actual travel times and improve connections with Route 54.
- Service west of downtown St. Paul on St. Clair Ave. and Cretin Ave. to Highland Park will be suspended.
- Weekday afternoon frequency to east of downtown St. Paul will be reduced to hourly.
- Route 70D branch service to Ramsey County Correctional Facility is suspended. Alternate service is available all days of the week on Route 323.
- Saturday and Sunday schedules will be adjusted to have matching service and 30 minute frequency.
- Most Saturday and Sunday service will run to Sun Ray Transit Center with 74K service to Edgewater/Maryland Ave. only occurring every two hours.
- 74S service via McKnight and Minnehaha and 74G via Ivy and Hwy. 120 will be weekdays only.
ROUTE 84
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service see the METRO A Line and new Route 87B branch.
- Service via 87B will be extended from Cleveland & Ford Pkwy. to West 7th St. and Sibley Plaza all days of the week to help customers effected by the Route 84 suspension.
- Peak service will be reduced from every 20 to every 30 minutes.
- Stops and new timepoint eastbound and westbound at Snelling Ave. will be added for better connections to Midway area and METRO A Line and Green Line.
- Schedule times will be adjusted to account for new Snelling Ave. stops.
100-199
ROUTE 134
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service see routes 87 or 63 to the METRO Green Line.
200-299
- Weekday frequency will be reduced to approximately every 60 minutes.
ROUTE 223
- Route will be suspended.
- Trip frequency reduced to better match current ridership and available resources.
- Trip frequency reduced to better match current ridership and available resources.
- Stop moved from Greeley St. & Olive St. to Greeley St. and Oak. St.
300-399
- Route 351 will be suspended.
- Route 353 trips frequency will be improved with 5 trips each direction to better match current ridership and available resources.
- Route 355 will be suspended.
500-599
ROUTE 501 (PDF) NEW SERVICE
- New Route 501 weeknight service begins to serve FedEx and UPS workers on Cargo Rd.
- Route redesigned and simplified for better connections with Route 7.
- All trips between Southdale and Mall of America via 66th St., Cedar Point Commons and Bloomington Ave.
ROUTE 534 (PDF) NEW SERVICE
- New Route 534 created to replace the Penn Ave & 90th St. segments of Route 539.
- Replaces Lyndale Ave. segments of Route 535 in Bloomington.
- Route 535 is replaced by new METRO Orange Line and new Route 534, 539 and 546B.
- Schedule times adjusted for better connections with new METRO Orange Line.
- Route simplified and schedule times adjusted for better connections with new METRO Orange Line and access to Normandale Community College.
- See new routes 534 and 546 for replaced segments.
- Route simplified and schedule times adjusted for better connections with new METRO Orange Line and access to Normandale Lake Office Park.
- Service restored for weekday rush hour access south of 494 via American Blvd.
- Route extended to W. 78th St./Hwy. 169 to connect with Southwest Prime on-demand service to Eden Prairie.
ROUTE 546 (PDF) NEW SERVICE
- New Route 546 will replace segments of both Route 535 and 539 and will connect with new METRO Orange Line.
ROUTE 547 (PDF) NEW SERVICE
- New Route 547 will replace segments of Route 597 and connect with the new METRO Orange Line.
ROUTE 553
- Route will be suspended.
ROUTE 579
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service see Route 578 and theMETRO Green Line.
ROUTE 597
- Route is being replaced by the new METRO Orange Line and Route 547 will have alternate service for the 597 C and E branches in southwest Bloomington.
600-699
ROUTE 604
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service along Excelsior Blvd, see Route 612.
- Schedule will be adjusted to incorporate select service from suspended Route 12.
ROUTE 652
ROUTE 664
- Route will be suspended.
ROUTE 670
- Route will be suspended.
700-799
- Route will detour in downtown Minneapolis to account for Hennepin Ave. construction.
- Select trips will be removed to better match current ridership and available resources.
ROUTE 756
ROUTE 765
- Route will be suspended.
- For alternate service see routes 722 and 724 at Brooklyn Center Transit Center.
- Select trips will be removed to better match current ridership and available resources.
800-899
- Routing will be adjusted at Northtown Transit Center.
- Service will be rerouted at Northtown Transit Center via 81st Ave to University Ave.
- Schedule times will be adjusted to reflect new routing.
- Service will be rerouted at Northtown Transit Center via University Ave. to 89th Ave for northbound trips and 87th Ln. to Washington St. to Co. Rd. 10 to University Ave for southbound trips.
- Loop at Park of Four Seasons will be eliminated.
- Schedule times will be adjusted to reflect new routing.
- Trip frequency reduced to better match current ridership and available resources.
- New morning "A" branch trip leaving Anoka Technical College at 4:53 a.m.
- Routing will be adjusted to reflect completion of Northtown Transit Center reconstruction.
Maple Grove
- "P" branch trip extensions that leave 6th St. & 2nd Ave at 12:19, 2:19 and 6:39 p.m. will be removed.
ROUTE 785
- Route will be suspended.
