Snow Falling Over New Minneapolis Train Station
December 2025 — Really pretty snow tonight in Minneapolis. Here's the new West Lake Street train station, with the orange still continuing to grow on me. I'm not there yet.. but getting closer.
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Railroad Crossing at Bassett Creek Valley Station
November 2025 — Lit up Bassett Creek Valley Station in Minneapolis. The new train station is part of the Southwest LRT Green Line extension operated by Metro Transit.
West Lake Street Station LRT Construction at Night
November 2025 — West Lake Street Station is part of the Southwest Light Rail Transit (Green Line Extension), an extension of Meto Transit's Green Line LRT.
The Lakes around Cedar Lake Trail
October 2025 — The new rails of the Metro Transit Southwest LRT green line extension. Lake of the Isles, Bde Maka Ska and Cedar Lake.
Southwest LRT train tests at West Lake Street Station, Minneapolis
October 2025 — Light rail vehicle leaves the West Lake Street Station for the first time. This morning Metro Transit towed a light rail vehicle through the line for the first time doing basic clearance testing. Construction on the green line extension began in 2018 and is set to open to passengers in 2027.
First Southwest LRT vehicle tests Kenilworth Tunnel
October 2025 — First light rail vehicle through the Kenilworth tunnel. This morning Metro Transit towed a light rail vehicle through the line for the first time doing basic clearance testing. Construction on the green line extension began in 2018 and is set to open to passengers in 2027.
Southwest LRT train testing on Kenilworth Channel bridge, Minneapolis
October 2025 — Light rail vehicle on the bridge at the Kenilworth Channel. This morning Metro Transit towed a light rail vehicle through the line for the first time doing basic clearance testing. Construction on the green line extension began in 2018 and is set to open to passengers in 2027.
Metro Transit Light Rail Clearance Test at W 21st Street Station
October 2025 — Metro Transit light rail vehicle at the W 21st Street Station in Minneapolis for the very first time. This morning Metro Transit towed a light rail vehicle through the line for the first time doing basic clearance testing. Construction on the green line extension began in 2018 and is set to open to passengers in 2027.
Light Rail Train 108B at Southwest Station Platform
October 2025 —
Green Line Extension Train at SouthWest Station
October 2025 —
Southwest Station Light Rail Train 108B
October 2025 —
New Cedar Lake Trail Bench
October 2025 — New bench installed on the Cedar Lake Trail in Minneapolis. The trail was rebuilt following construction of the new green line extension light rail project.
Metro Transit Siemens S700 SWLRT LRV
October 2025 — Siemens Type III S700 with Light Rail Happening Now testing wrap. The train car will be part of the new Southwest LRT Green Line Extension set to open in 2017.
Midtown Greenway Lake Street Light Rail Station
September 2025 — Construction on the Lake Street Station of the new light rail line in Minneapolis. The Green Line is being extended to Eden Prairie.
Lake Street Station with Canadian Wildfire Smoke
June 2025 — Canadian wildfire smoke making downtown skyline barely visible from the Lake Street Station.
Bryn Mawr Station Green Line Extension at Sunset
March 2025 — Sunset behind Bryn Mawr Station in Minneapolis. The train station will be used by the Metro Transit green line extension.
Royalston Ave/Farmers Market Station Construction, Minneapolis
October 2024 —
Southwest LRT tunnel construction on Midtown Greenway, Minneapolis
September 2024 — Metro Transit's Southwest LRT tunnel being constructed, as seen from the Midtown Greenway.
Cedar Lake Trail July 2024
July 2024 —
Kenilworth LRT Tunnel Construction, Minneapolis June 2024
June 2024 — The half mile Kenilworth LRT tunnel, part of the new Green Line train extension, tonight as storms move through just north of Minneapolis. (Calhoun Isles, Minneapolis June 2024)
Downtown Minneapolis Skyline and Stadium at Dusk
June 2024 — The views from the new Green Line Extension are going to be pretty great! Like this one between Royalston/Farmers Market Station and Target Field Station.
Bassett Creek Valley LRT Station nears completion in Minneapolis
March 2024 — The new Bassett Creek Valley Station connection to Van White Memorial Boulevard looking nice as it nears completion. Only a few more years before you'll be able to catch a train here... (Minneapolis, March 2024)
Southwest Station, Eden Prairie: LRT Tracks Under Construction
August 2023 —
Bryn Mawr Station Construction
August 2023 — Bryn Mawr Station construction in Minneapolis. The station is part of the new Southwest Green Line light rail extension from Minneapolis to the western suburbs.
Freight tracks and new light rail construction
July 2023 — Construction on the Southwest LRT train project in South Minneapolis.
John Deere Feller Buncher at Southwest LRT Construction, St. Louis Park
June 2019 — A tracked John Deere feller buncher with a yellow cutting head sits idle beside the Cedar Lake Trail in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, during early site preparation for the Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension. The machine’s “KEEP BACK 300 FT / 90 M” arm warning and the trail’s closed fencing mark the transition from a popular cycling route to an active construction corridor. In the distance, the bridge approach and industrial structures hint at the scale of redevelopment that reshaped the rail and trail landscape through Minneapolis’s western suburbs.
Southwest LRT Trail Detour Sign, Minneapolis
May 2019 — A detour sign for the Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) project stands beside a bike trail in Minneapolis, showing the rerouted path for cyclists and pedestrians during construction of the Green Line Extension. The detailed map outlines temporary closures through the Kenilworth Corridor and Cedar Lake areas, where new light rail tracks are being installed to connect downtown Minneapolis with the southwestern suburbs. The project, one of the largest public works efforts in Minnesota history, has significantly altered popular urban trails like the Midtown Greenway and Cedar Lake Trail since construction began in the late 2010s.