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You're invited to attend the METRO Green
Line grand opening on Saturday, June 14th! Nine stations along the METRO Green Line will host opening
ceremonies and celebration events throughout the day. The official ribbon
cutting ceremony will take place outside the St. Paul Union Depot, immediately
in front of the Union Depot Station platform.
All
Metro Transit services will be free of charge June 14th and June 15th.
Saturday, June 14th –
Union Depot Schedule of Events
9:00AM
Ribbon cutting ceremony
Union
Depot north lawn, immediately in front of Union Depot Station LRT platform
10:00AM
Service
on METRO Green Line begins
Note: Trains will be stationed
at all nine celebration events on the morning of June 14th. Trains will begin
service simultaneously at 10am.
Entertainment on MPR's The
Current Stage:
11:00AM
Southwire
12:30PM
Koo Koo
Kanga Roo
2:00PM
Southside
Desire
3:30PM
The 4onthefloor
5:00PM
Doomtree
For
more information on bands, performances, vendors and food planned at all nine
celebration stations, please visit www.metrotransit.org/greenline or http://www.metrotransit.org/opening-day
Station-specific
information can be found at the following links:
On social media? Use hashtag #metrogreenline
Regular
service schedules for the METRO Green Line are
available here.
Very large crowds are expected
on opening day and trains are unlikely to run on a normal service schedule. Frequent
supplemental opening day bus service will operate parallel to the Green Line between
LRT stations to provide additional travel options between events.
The METRO
Green line was constructed with funding from the U.S. Department of
Transportation, the State of Minnesota, the Counties Transit Improvement Board,
Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority, Ramsey County Regional Railroad
Authority, the City of St. Paul and the Metropolitan Council.
METRO
Green Line opening day celebrations are funded by a partnership between the
Metropolitan Council and the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative, with
generous help from the following sponsors:
AFSCME
Council 5
AECOM
Augsburg
Braun
Intertec
CenterPoint
Energy
Central
Corridor Funders Collaborative
East
Metro Strong
Ford
Foundation
F.R.
Bigelow Foundation
Hamline
University
Health
Partners | Regions Hospital
John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation
Kimley-Horn
& Associates
LTK
Engineering Services
Minneapolis
Area Association of REALTORS
Minneapolis
Building and Trades Council
Minneapolis
Foundation
Minnesota
Twins Baseball Club
Minnesota
Vikings
MnDOT
PCL
Construction
Siemens
Infrastructure & Cities Rail Systems Division
Saint
Paul Area Association of REALTORS
Saint
Paul Building and Construction Trades Council
Saint
Paul Foundation
University
of St. Thomas
Xcel
Energy
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