Gold Line bus route opens, connecting riders from east metro to downtown St. Paul. Mixed reactions to new Gold Line rapid bus route. Gold Line BRT under budget at $505M, set to open in March.

A Metro Transit Gold Line bus stops at Helmo Station, in front of the Norhart Apartments in Oakdale, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The Gold Line, a $505 million, 10-mile bus rapid transit route ...

A brand-new 70-passenger articulated bus is ready for a preview tour at the Sun Ray station on the Metro Transit Gold Line in St. Paul on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

The Metro Gold Line, a 10-mile bus line connecting St. Paul, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale and Woodbury, started running on March 22. As Minnesota’s first rapid transit bus line that operates primarily ...

A Metro Transit bus is parked at the Helmo Avenue station on the Gold Line in Oakdale on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The bus will be part of the new Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit service between ...

The Gold Line, opening March 22, is a test case for a different kind of BRT. It’s Metro Transit’s first to run mostly on its own dedicated guideway, allowing buses to bypass traffic along the ...