ALL ABOARD? Northern Lights Express, Minneapolis to Duluth
ST. PAUL, MN (trfnews.i234.me & trfnews.i234.me) The proposed $1-billion Northern Lights Express would provide roundtrip train service between Minneapolis and Duluth.
ALL ABOARD? The Northern Lights Express: Journey from Minneapolis to Duluth
I will add this. This is good news for me. I moved to Duluth myself, I love the area. But my family still lives predominantly in the Cities. If the NLX is gearing to be much like the Borealis, then it's likely going to be a lot cheaper for me to take the train down to the cities for weekends than driving and paying for gas. Not to mention I'll get to relax the entire way down, enjoy the scenery of our state proper. And no more paranoia around which cops speed trap is gonna pick me off for going 3 over.
Why do none of you Minneapolis Reporters mention it is stopping at thecasino in Hinkley?
I do not believe this is a wise use of public tax dollars!
First of all, it has failed at least three previous times.
I was quite familiar with two of the failures, the train from Minneapolis suited my supervisor for his once quarterly trips to Duluth … because he had a fee hours to finish paperwork.
But, the passenger count each time I met him the passenger count was meager.
Now, Groom offers hourly van service to and from Duluth to the Minneapolis Airport and other locations for unbeatable prices.
How about using public funding for something we really need?
Minnesota needs this as much as a new state flag, we do not.
This is part of the long-term plan for Minnesota. We are putting light rail from the cities to Duluth. From the cities to St. Cloud, and from the cities to Rochester. All major hubs of the cities will be connected to Mayo Clinics. This is all part of Destination Medical Center. Their website ends with a Dot MN. It's DMC then the DOT then the MN, check it out.
Amtrak discontinued service to Duluth in April 1985 because they couldn't make it work.
If there was customer demand, and a train could be run without losing money, a private company would step in and provide the service. This is an idiotic, waste of money.
It's concerning that our lawmakers are so stupid that they have absolutely no concept of economics or how to do math. It's like we've turned our bank account, and the responsibility of paying our monthly family bills, over to the three year old toddlers. What could possibly go wrong?
Minnesota wants to be like California!!!!
Really! Seriously! Wow!
Did Minnesota win the Lotto.