Northstar commuter service to Twins games to return

Northstar commuter service to Twins games to return

By Trains Staff | March 9, 2024

| Last updated on August 6, 2025


Service planned for 38 games this season

Trains at station with baseball stadium in background
Northstar commuter trains await departure from the Target Field station in Minneapolis in 2020. Northstar will restore service for some Minnesota Twins games this season. David Lassen

MINNEAPOLIS — Metro Transit will resume Northstar commuter train service for 38 Minnesota Twins home games this season, the transit agency announced Friday, March 8.

Trains will run for the Twins’ home opener April 4, for all Saturday and Sunday games, week day day games, and on Memorial Day and July 4. A complete game schedule is available here; updates with specific train scheduling are still to come. Service will not be offered for weekday evening games.

Metro Transit had discontinued the dedicated Twins service in 2022 because of funding issues [see “Northstar ends service …,” Trains News Wire, April 5, 2022], although trains did run for playoff games last year.

The Northstar station  in Minneapolis is immediately adjacent to Target Field, the Twins’ ballpark.

The agency also plans Northstar service for Minnesota Vikings games at U.S. Bank Stadium this fall.

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