Metro Red Line (Minnesota)
The Metro Red Line is a bus rapid transit line between the Twin Cities suburbs of Bloomington, Minnesota and Apple Valley, Minnesota. The Red Line travels primarily on Minnesota State Highway 77 and Cedar Avenue from the Apple Valley station in Apple Valley, north through Eagan, Minnesota, to the Mall of America station in Bloomington where it connects to the Metro Blue Line. The line has bus rapid transit elements including bus-only lanes, specially branded vehicles, transit signal priority, and dedicated stations.
Red Line bus at Mall of America station in 2022.
Temporary Red Line bus wrapped in Metro Transit BRT livery between use of Nova bus and Gillig BRT Plus vehicles.
A view from the Cedar Grove Transit Station at the platform in the median of Minnesota State Highway 77
Apple Valley Transit Station, which also serves other local and express routes, under construction in October 2012 before opening.
Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, above its confluence with the Mississippi River, 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Minneapolis. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 89,987, making it Minnesota's fourth-largest city.
Bloomington City Hall & Arts Center
Built in 1856 on the bluffs of the Minnesota River, the Gideon H. Pond House is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Toro moved to Bloomington in 1952
Bloomington Kennedy High School was built in 1965