Coon Rapids Riverdale (Metro Transit station)

Coon Rapids - Riverdale
Station statistics
Address	3050 Northdale Boulevard NW Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Coordinates	45°11′28″N 93°21′5″W / 45.19111°N 93.35139°W / 45.19111; -93.35139Coordinates: 45°11′28″N 93°21′5″W / 45.19111°N 93.35139°W / 45.19111; -93.35139
Lines	Northstar Line 888
Connections	Bus routes 850, 851, 860, 887F
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	466 spaces
Other information
Opened	November 16, 2009
Accessible
Services
Preceding station   Metro Transit   Following station Anoka toward Big Lake Northstar Line Route 888 Fridley toward Target Field     Proposed     Anoka toward Big Lake Northstar Line Route 888 Coon Rapids Foley Boulevard toward Target Field

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 20 minutes.^[1] The fare to downtown Minneapolis from this station is $4.00 on weekdays and $3.00 on weekends and holidays; the fare to and from any other station is $3.25 on weekdays and $2.50 on weekends and holidays.^[2]

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 to go toward Bethel and Duluth.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.metrotransit.org/Northstar/stations/CoonRapids-Riverdale.asp
2. ^ http://www.metrotransit.org/Northstar/riding.asp

External links

• Coon Rapids Riverdale Station, Northstar Corridor Development Authority (NCDA)