Coon Rapids–Riverdale station explained

Style:Metro (Minnesota)
Coon Rapids–Riverdale
Address:3050 Northdale Boulevard NW
Borough:Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Coordinates:45.1911°N -93.3514°W
Line:BNSF Staples Subdivision
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: Metro Transit: 805, 850[1]
Parking:466 spaces
Accessible:Yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
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Line:none
Marker:rail
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Coon Rapids–Riverdale station is a commuter rail station in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, located at 3050 Northdale Boulevard NW, south of the Riverdale shopping centers. It is served by the Northstar Commuter Rail line. The station features bicycle lockers and a park and ride lot with capacity for 466 vehicles. The commute time to downtown Minneapolis from this station is about 28 minutes.[2] The fare to downtown Minneapolis from this station is $3.25 at all times; the fare to and from any other station is $3.25 on weekdays and $2.75 on weekends and holidays.[3] [4]

As of the station's opening in 2009, signage simply called it "Coon Rapids" or "Coon Rapids Station". A second station in the city is planned at Foley Boulevard (just north of Minnesota State Highway 610), where there is currently a bus station with a large parking ramp for park and ride service. The Foley station would then be available as a stop on the Northern Lights Express to Duluth and the proposed Bethel Corridor line, since it is less than a mile south of the Coon Creek rail junction, where the tracks split and to go toward Bethel and Duluth.

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Notes and References

  1. August 19, 2023 . Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Transit System . November 10, 2023 . Metro Transit.
  2. Web site: Coon Rapids – Riverdale Station – Metro Transit.
  3. Web site: Fares – Metro Transit.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808223923/http://www.metrotransit.org/TransitArticles/Story.aspx?pageid=18&mid=393&articleid=994 . 2012-08-08 . dead .