Green Line LRT ridership surpasses Blue Line in 2015

The Green Line may only be a year old, but it's already seeing greater ridership than its Blue Line cousin in 2015.

July 27, 2015 at 6:27PM

Twin Cities commuters rode the Green Line's stretch of rail between the Minneapolis and St. Paul downtowns about 5.6 million times between January and June, according to Metro Transit data, 12 percent more than the Blue Line's 5 million ridership over the same period.

Since the Green Line opened in June 2014, it has seen an average of more than 30,000 riders boarding its trains each day. About 22 percent of riders this year boarded at stops along the University of Minnesota while about 21 percent boarded from Downtown St. Paul stations. Blue Line monthly station boarding numbers for 2014 were not available, according to Metro Transit. Read more about Metro Transit's ridership numbers.

Click a station on the map below to view monthly boarding numbers.

(Jeff Hargarten/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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