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Community Light Rail State Fair

A city commute in crop art 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Sep. 2, 2015

Sarah Leismer wanted to bring a little bit of the city to the collection of mostly rural-inspired crop art on display at the Minnesota State Fair. The result: a detailed representation of a Metro Transit light-rail train passing the [...]

Bus Express Bus In the News State Fair

Ridership strong on State Fair's opening weekend 

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| Aug. 26, 2013

Fairgoers poured onto buses before pouring into the Midway over the first weekend of the Minnesota State Fair. As of Sunday, nearly 80,000 customers had boarded Metro Transit's express State Fair buses or used regular route service to get to the [...]

Bus Express Bus From the GM State Fair

Metro Transit: The fast and friendly way to the State Fair 

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| Aug. 14, 2013

From Brian Lamb, Metro Transit General Manager As customers might imagine, providing service to the Minnesota State Fair is no small undertaking. It’s often said that we run the two largest bus systems in the state during the 12 days of fun [...]

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