Save the date!
Metro Transit will open the extended METRO Gold Line on Saturday, March 27, 2027. Save the date and check back in early 2027 for event details!
The Gold Line Extension will bring new, enhanced stations to I-94 and Snelling Avenue, where customers can connect to the METRO A and B lines, and will travel primarily on existing I-94 freeway shoulders. In Minneapolis, the Gold Line Extension will use existing bus rapid transit stations on 7th and 8th streets and terminate at 7th and Olson. There, customers can connect to the future METRO Green Line Extension's Royalston / Farmer's Market Station.
The Gold Line Extension will replace Route 94 and will provide frequent, all-day service in both directions, including weekend service.
Project Schedule
2025: Community engagement
2025-2026: Engineering
2026: Construction
March 27, 2027: Opening
MnDOT’s Rethinking I-94 Project
Metro Transit has participated in MnDOT’s engagement effort for the Rethinking I-94 Project and heard themes from the public about the desire for faster travel times, more reliable service, and more frequent transit service within the corridor. Based on the outcome of MnDOT’s project, future adjustments can be made to the Gold Line Extension – the extension does not predetermine outcomes of that project. But offering additional transit service now is more beneficial to area residents than waiting for the full duration of Rethinking I-94 MnDOT’s project.