Characteristics of the ca. 1990-propsed LRT system in Hennepin County
The following statistics table comes from a table listed in the "Comprehensive LRT System Plan" done for the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority around 1990. The study was performed by BRW Consulting, transit stations (also as some do today), but I would still retain express bus service on some routes not easily served by rail.
| Stage 1 Plan | Twenty-Year Plan | |||||
| Segment | Length (miles) |
Capital Cost (1988 $ mil) |
Daily Ridership |
Length (miles) |
Capital Cost (1988 $ mil) |
Daily Ridership |
| Downtown (tunnel to 29th St) | 3.4 | 138 | -- | 3.4 | 138 | -- |
| Northwest Corridor | 9.0 | 114 | 18,000 - 23,500 | 12.0 | 139 | 19,600 - 25,500 |
| Southwest Corridor | 6.9 | 71 | 14,500 - 18,800 | 13.5 | 127 | 16,600 - 22,000 |
| South (I-35W) Corridor | 4.4 | 80 | 15,300 - 20,000 | 10.4 | 216 | 24,500 - 32,000 |
| Hiawatha Corridor | 3.9 | 34 | 13,000 - 17,000 | 10.0 | 145 | 17,300 - 22,500 |
| University Connector | 1.5 | 40 | 9,200 - 12,000 | 1.5 | 40 | 9,200 - 12,000 |
| Yards and Shops | -- | 20 | -- | -- | 20 | -- |
| Totals | 29.1 | 497 | 70,000 - 91,300 | 825 | 87,200 - 114,000 | |
TABLE NOTE: The capital costs and patronage forecasts will be refined in Preliminary Engineering. The ridership forecasts are based on work reported in the Metropolitan Council report dated December 1986, "A Study of Potential Transit Capital Investments in Twin Cities Corridors" and the results of the Patronage Forecasting Peer Review Committee work.
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