Big Lake station
Big Lake | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The single platform at Big Lake station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 19691 County Road 43 Big Lake, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°19′47″N 93°43′48″W / 45.32972°N 93.73000°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BNSF Staples Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (only 1 in use) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Metro Transit: 887 (Northstar Link)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 518 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 lockers[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 16, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Big Lake station was a Northstar Line commuter rail station in Big Lake, Minnesota, located at 19691 County Road 43, in the southeast corner of Big Lake near U.S. Highway 10. The station featured bicycle lockers and a park and ride lot with capacity for 518 vehicles. Commute time to downtown Minneapolis from this station was about 51 minutes.[3]
This station was the northbound terminus of the Northstar Line. A commuter bus branded the Northstar Link (route 887) connected Big Lake with St. Cloud, stopping at the Metro Bus downtown transit center, St. Cloud State University, a commuter parking lot at Lincoln Avenue and U.S. Highway 10 and the Coffee Cup Cafe in Becker. The bus was operated by St. Cloud Metro Bus, rather than Metro Transit.[4]
The maintenance facility for the Northstar trains was built just to the south.[5]
Notes
- ^ "Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Transit System" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit. August 19, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Home - Metro Transit". www.metrotransit.org.
- ^ "Big Lake Station". Metro Transit.
- ^ "Northstar Link Commuter Bus, St. Cloud to Big Lake". Catch The Link.
- ^ "Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan: Freight and Passenger Rail System Planning (Draft Technical Memorandum 4)" (PDF). Cambridge Systematics. August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
External links
Media related to Big Lake (Metro Transit station) at Wikimedia Commons