City West station explained

City West
Style:Metro (Minnesota)
Type:Metro light rail station
Symbol Location:minnesota
Symbol:metro
Address:Eden Prairie, MN
Coordinates:44.8906°N -93.4114°W
Line: (2027)
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Opening:2027[1]
Accessible:Yes

City West station is one of four light rail stations planned in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on the Southwest LRT extension of the Green Line.[2] The City West Station will be near the corporate campus for Optum, and the station is positioned west of U.S. Route 212 and south of Minnesota State Highway 62.

The station will have a park-and-ride lot. When Eden Prairie approved construction of the station in 2014, the city requested a trail extending from the station to Shady Oak Road.[3]

The City West station is near Optum's corporate campus which is expected to eventually have 6,500 jobs.[4] United Health Group, of which Optum is a subsidiary, donated land for the station.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Moore . Janet . Southwest LRT now expected to cost up to $2.75B, open in 2027 . January 29, 2022 . Star Tribune . January 26, 2022.
  2. Web site: City West Station . Metropolitain Council . February 14, 2019.
  3. News: Doyle . Pat . St. Louis Park, Eden Prairie approve Southwest light rail . 4 August 2024 . Star Tribune . 13 August 2014 . en.
  4. News: Emerson . Dan . Checking in on building along the Green Line Extension Finance & Commerce . 4 August 2024 . . 27 May 2024.
  5. News: Moore . Janet . Detroit streetcar a study in public-private transportation funding . 4 August 2024 . www.startribune.com . 15 June 2015 . en.