Northstar Line
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The Northstar Line was a commuter rail route in Minnesota. Northstar ran 40 miles from Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis at Target Field using existing track and right-of-way owned by the BNSF Railway.
Northstar Doubleheader
Bus at Big Lake Northstar Commuter Rail station in 2010
The platforms at Target Field under construction in 2009
A Northstar train crosses the Mississippi River at Nicollet Island
Bombardier BiLevel Coach
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The BiLevel Coach is a bilevel passenger railcar designed for commuter rail service in North America and currently manufactured by Alstom. It was originally developed for GO Transit in the Greater Tor
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…money towards the station, allowing it to open with the rest of the line. The line opened in 2009 with five MPI MP36PH-3C locomotives and seventeen Bombardier BiLevel Coach cars. Each passenger car had about 140 seats and room for 355 when full with standees. The coaches had two doors on either side. Upon opening, Metro…
A 12-car GO Transit train with 11 BiLevel coaches and 1 cab car in 2026
Interior of a Sounder Commuter Rail BiLevel coach
A 10-car GO Transit train with nine BiLevel coaches and one BiLevel cab car in 2008
Lower level view of a Bombardier Bilevel