Gold Line Project

Design and Engineering

Gold Line Updated Design Plans

The METRO Gold Line BRT project refined route and station site designs to 100% completion. 

You can learn more and get your questions answered in the following ways:

100% design plans of the full route

• St. Paul - Downtown (PDF)
• St. Paul - East 1 (PDF)
• St. Paul - East 2 (PDF)
• St. Paul - East 3 (PDF)
• St. Paul - East 4 (PDF)
• St. Paul - East 5 (PDF)
• Maplewood (PDF) 
• Landfall/Oakdale (PDF)
• Oakdale (PDF)
• Woodbury 1 (PDF)
• Woodbury 2 (PDF)

Bridge and wall illustrations

• Bridge and wall illustrations - St. Paul and Maplewood (PDF)
• Bridge and wall illustrations - Oakdale and Woodbury (PDF)
• View a PDF of advanced station site plan renderings
• View a PDF of 60% design site plans and cross-sections of stations
• View a PDF of sample station renderings
• View individual station pages and submit questions through the website

Contact Liz Jones via email or phone with questions:

elizabeth.jones@metrotransit.org or 651-602-1977

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Project Development and Engineering

During the design and engineering of the METRO Gold Line project, staff will further analyze the cost and relationships between design concepts proposed in the Pre-Project Development phase. At the conclusion of design and engineering work, the project will have the specifications and blueprints that will guide the construction.

Design concepts that are further studied and specified during design and engineering, include:

• Vehicle and vehicle technology
• Route and alignment
• Station locations and amenities
• Park & Ride lots and layover or maintenance facilities
• Landscaping
• Drainage
• Utilities
• Bridges and tunnels
• Transit service plans

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Route and stations

The Gold Line will travel approximately 10 miles in primarily bus-only lanes through downtown Saint Paul, Saint Paul east side, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale and Woodbury and stop at 16 stations and four new Park & Ride facilities. The lanes dedicated only to transit buses will be built north of Interstate 94.

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Individual station pages

Questions and comments by station can be submitted directly through the website at the below links.

Contact Liz Jones via email or phone with questions:

elizabeth.jones@metrotransit.org or 651-602-1977

Station locations:

Downtown Saint Paul

• Union Depot & Sibley/Wacouta Station
• Smith & 5th St. Station
• Rice Park/6th St. & Washington Station
• 6th St. & Minnesota/5th St. & Cedar Station
• 6th St. & Jackson/5th St. & Robert Station

Saint Paul

• Mounds Station
• Earl Station
• Etna Station
• Hazel Station
• Sun Ray Station

Maplewood

• Maplewood Station

Oakdale and Landfall

• Greenway Station
• Helmo Station

Woodbury

• Tamarack Station
• Queens Station
• Woodlane Station Park & Ride

Note: Layouts are a work in progress and subject to change.

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Station area planning

Washington County conducted station area planning around proposed Gold Line stations within the corridor. This work allowed coordination of planning, land uses, and policy development along the line. Planning around the Gold Line has and will continue to allow cities and project partners to identify new opportunities for economic development, ridership growth, and creation of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) sites near station areas. Washington County's station area planning work was completed in 2019.