Just in time for thousands of people to pour into St. Paul for the second day of the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival on Harriet Island, Metro Transit announced that the Green Line had reopened Saturday afternoon, nearly two days ahead of schedule.
“Good news! Green Line construction ended early and trains are now operating regularly from Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul. If you are headed to the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival this weekend, review all your transit options,” Metro Transit posted to its website around mid-day Saturday.
All 13 light rail stations in St. Paul went offline for track maintenance on the night of July 11, and were not officially scheduled to reopen until early Monday morning. The scheduling, which took St. Paul officials by surprise this month, drew some sharp words from St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s office to Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council, the regional planning agency that oversees the transit authority.
The three-day music festival, which is expected to draw some 30,000 fans daily, opened Friday with Hozier, Sheryl Crow, Train and nine other bands, and continued Saturday with big name acts Weezer and Fall Out Boy. Green Day, Sublime, 311, The Beaches and others were scheduled to perform to a sold-out crowd on Sunday. This is the festival’s second year on Harriet Island.
Metro Transit has posted more transit information online at metrotransit.org.
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