Metro Bronze Line (Minnesota)
proposed bus rapid transit route in Minnesota, United States
The Metro Bronze Line, formerly known as the Metro Purple Line and the Rush Line Corridor, is a planned bus rapid transit service that would run from Union Depot in downtown Saint Paul to the northeastern suburbs of Saint Paul. Along the corridor's 21 proposed stations there are 106,000 jobs within a 10-minute walk. The project is currently in an environmental analysis phase with further development, engineering, and construction expected to take at least six more years. Service would run 7-days a week with 10-minute headways in peak periods and 15-minute service at most other times. The corridor was named the Rush Line because it was originally planned to end in Rush City, Minnesota. After using the color purple since 2017, the route was officially named the Purple Line and became part of the Metro network on July 14, 2021.
In September 2025, Metro Transit announced that the Purple Line project would be discontinued and in December 2025, it was reintroduced as the Bronze Line.
Potential commuter rail
At one point the project was proposed to be commuter rail all the way to Hinckley, Minnesota. The corridor studied roughly follows the path of U.S. Route 61 and Interstate 35. Along with the Red Rock Corridor in the southeast and the Metro Green Line Extension in the southwest Metro, it was considered a "Tier Two" commuter rail project with scheduled implementation after 2020.
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