The first Northstar commuter train left Big Lake 10 minutes before dawn on Tuesday. St. Cloud commuters who started downtown on the Link bus left at 3:50 a.m. to catch that train.

The Northstar rail line has locomotives and passenger cars that are not being used, and the Met Council on Wednesday signed off on a plan to lease them to Amtrak and a commuter rail service in Texas.

Anoka’s new vision for the area around its Northstar Commuter Rail station laid out plans for housing and businesses that could create jobs and more tax revenue. But a few months after signing ...

Minnesota's only contemporary commuter train, the Big Lake-Anoka-Minneapolis Northstar service, has underperformed expectations since it launched in 2009. Its initial ridership was about 2,200 a ...

Northstar's annual operating budget of $11.4 million also is subsidized by Hennepin and Sherburne counties, the state Department of Transportation and fare revenue.

Northstar offers rail service between Big Lake and downtown Minneapolis, stopping at stations in Elk River, Ramsey, Anoka, Coon Rapids and Fridley.

St. Anthony Main, the Mississippi and Rum rivers, Springbrook Nature Center, downtown Elk River, graffiti and farm fields — these are just a few of the sites along the 40-mile route of the ne… ...

Metro Transit's Northstar Commuter Rail line, a public transportation service running between Big Lake and downtown Minneapolis, is facing an uncertain future. In 2023, it cost taxpayers over $11. ...

Ridership on the Northstar commuter rail line went up last month. That's welcome news for the service, which runs passenger trains daily between Big Lake and Minneapolis, because ridership last ...

Currently, the Northstar commuter rail runs from Target Field to Big Lake, about 27 miles southeast of St. Cloud, and has been in operation since 2009.

Authorities north and west of the Twin Cities are looking for at least one suspect after a Metro Transit NorthStar train was vandalized on Monday. Big Lake Police said the incident happened at ...

Northstar rail canceled after BNSF derailment. Sixteen empty BNSF rail cars derailed on Friday, June 13, 2014 near Ramsey, Minn. Courtesy KARE 11 ...