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Summer 2011 LRT weekend work schedule

Summer 2011 Light Rail Transit/Hiawatha Line weekend work schedule:

Rail signal testing and maintenance work is planned this summer along the Hiawatha Line, prompting an interruption of light-rail service over select weekends.

Route 55 buses will replace light-rail trains during these service interruptions:

10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, to noon Sunday, June 5
No light-rail service between Franklin Avenue and Mall of America stations

10 a.m. Friday, July 8, to 3:30 a.m. Monday, July 11
No light-rail service between Target Field and Downtown East/Metrodome stations

11:30 p.m. Friday, July 29, to noon Saturday, July 30
No light-rail service between Terminal 2-Humphrey and Mall of America stations

11:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, to noon Sunday, Aug. 14
No light-rail service between Franklin Avenue and Mall of America stations

11:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, to noon Saturday, Sept. 24
No light-rail service between Terminal 2-Humphrey and Mall of America stations

Posters at rail stations give instructions on where to board buses during the weekend work.

Dates and times are subject to change. To learn of any last-minute changes, call the Rail Maintenance Hotline at 612-373-3333, option 6.

For more info visit: http://metrotransit.org/light-rail.aspx