Riding Hiawatha Light Rail: Target Field to Mall of America, 14.03.11

[ewinmn]

If I board from Target Field, and go to Mall Of America from there, would I only pay once, or would I have to pay multiple times for transfering?

[Nachtwolf1]

@ewinmn You'd pay once. Your ticket can be used as a transfer to a bus.

[MNRick041]

I have been on this a few times, it is really quiet and smooth, I really like it. If I could use it to get to and from work everyday I would but I live in Edina and work in Shakopee so any kind of public transit is out of the question.

[Lukelr]

or the Blue Line, as the Metro Council now calls it. I enjoyed your Northstar trip video as well...good work.

[Streetcar1743]

@AmazinglyAgnostic Most of them are due to the type of power pick-up they have. Most of your subways have power pick-up by an electified 3rd rail. Light rail has power pick-up from overhead just like a streetcar. Light rail combinds streetcar, subway, and elevated rail all in one operation with an overhead wire. Here in the U.S. and on some systems in other countries you have two overhead wiers. One is the main electric wire while the second wire is called the messenger wire.

[Streetcar1743]

The car is a Siemens SD70. It's mainly a street level line with one subway stop at the airport. The airport has two stops. One in subway and another one on the surface.

[Astroranagun]

if i travel the northstar rail from big lake station to target field then do i need to pay again from target field to MOA? how much would the fare cost? thanks

[Nachtwolf1]

@Astroranagun Your ticket from Northstar should work as a transfer to get you on the Hiawatha line to MOA for free. Cost for Northstar to downtown from Big Lake is about $5 or 6, if I remember correctly

[Astroranagun]

@Nachtwolf1 yeah i searched the trip in metro web sites and it states that fare is $7 which i know the fare from big lake to target field for north star is $7. so the trip from target field to MOA is free with northstar ticket then its AWESOME!!

[Astroranagun]

@Nachtwolf1 what about going back? from MOA to big lake? do we need to pay twice?

[NinjaDecimator]

@Astroranagun going back you pay the normal rider fee for LRT ($1.75 non-rush hours, $2.25 rush) then pay the difference at the Northstar station to total up to $7 i believe.

[Astroranagun]

@NinjaDecimator Thanks for the info. very appreciate ;)

[HaTom009]

And you're the driver?

[Nachtwolf1]

@HaTom009 Haha nope, I was just riding it.

[HaTom009]

This is also a subway? I're not familiar what the commuter trains and subways.

[Nachtwolf1]

@HaTom009 Sort of. The European equivalent would be a tram, or in Germany, "stadtbahn". This line has one subway station, underground, but most of the line runs either in the streets or on its own, separate tracks.

[Nachtwolf1]

@HaTom009 But this type of train is called "light rail" in the USA.