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President Obama gets Green Line's first ticket 

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| Feb. 27, 2014

President Barack Obama received the first "honorary" ticket on the METRO Green Line during his visit to St. Paul on Wednesday. The ticket, which Obama signed and returned, was just one highlight of his stop at the Green Line's new Operations [...]

Take a seat 

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| Feb. 19, 2014

Metro Transit customers who use routes 6, 12 or 21 may have noticed a couple of seats go missing beginning earlier this month. Two aisle seats are absent from in front of the rear exit door on two-dozen newly-ordered 40-foot buses, leaving each [...]

Route 94: Saving time and money between the Twin Cities 

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| Feb. 14, 2014

Greg Ruhland boarded Route 94, took a seat near the front of the bus and pulled out his cell phone. En route to St. Paul, he paid a few bills online and placed an order for grocery delivery. The ability to catch up on his household chores is [...]

Route 62: Finding friends, foregoing the freeway on Rice Street 

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| Feb. 7, 2014

Kathryn Moret’s outgoing personality has earned her a nickname with fellow Route 62 customers: the Cruise Director. Inspired by the television show The Love Boat, the name came after Moret began organizing monthly get-togethers with some of the [...]

10th Street Station encased in icy history 

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| Jan. 31, 2014

Nan Jahnke loves the St. Paul Winter Carnival. That’s why, given the opportunity to share her ideas for station artwork at the METRO Green Line’s 10th Street Station, her mind went immediately to ice palaces. It makes sense, too. Sitting in [...]

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