Shrink-Wrapped Siemens LRV Awaits Delivery on Blue Line Tracks

New Siemens light rail vehicle wrapped in protective covering on Metro Transit Blue Line tracks in Minneapolis.
New Siemens light rail vehicle wrapped in protective covering on Metro Transit Blue Line tracks in Minneapolis.

A newly delivered Siemens light rail vehicle sits wrapped in protective covering on the Metro Transit Blue Line tracks in Minneapolis. The car is part of an order of new LRVs built to expand and modernize the region's light rail fleet, which serves the Hiawatha corridor and connects to planned Southwest LRT service.

Taken February 2021

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