Midtown Line (fantasy transit)

This fantasy line is my idea for a full LRT line instead of the proposed streetcar along the 29th St corridor in south Minneapolis, providing an alternative connection between the Southwest and Hiawatha lines as well as service along the busy Lake St corridor.  An extension of this line east and northeast to the Central Line near MN 280 provides a connection for Uptown/Lake St travelers to get to downtown St. Paul and vice versa.

The line begins at the West Lake station on the Southwest line and follows the RR corridor along 29th St to near Cedar Ave, where the line drops into a tunnel under the Pioneer & Soldier's Memorial Cemetery, then east to the Lake/Hiawatha Station.  The line, still in tunnel, then returns north across Hiawatha Ave and returns to grade at Minnehaha Ave, following the RR corridor between 27th and 28th Sts east to the Mississippi River and crossing the river on the existing RR bridge.  After utilizing abandoned right-of-way to reach the I-94/MN 280 interchange, the line bridges over the interchange to the Wabash Ave/Cromwell Ave intersection, then goes into a tunnel under Cromwell Ave, Franklin Ave, and University Ave to end at the University Line's Raymond Ave station.

Stations would be provided at the following:

The following map shows the routing of my fantasy Midtown LRT line:

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