Big Lake station

Big Lake station is a Northstar Line commuter rail station in Big Lake, Minnesota, located at 19691 County Road 43, in the southeast corner of Big Lake near U.S. Highway 10. The station features bicycle lockers and a park and ride lot with capacity for 518 vehicles. Commute time to downtown Minneapolis from this station is about 51 minutes.^[3]

Big Lake
The single platform at Big Lake station
General information
Location	19691 County Road 43 Big Lake, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°19′47″N 93°43′48″W
Line(s)	BNSF Staples Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2 (only 1 in use)
Connections	Metro Transit: 887 (Northstar Link)[1]
Construction
Parking	518 spaces
Bicycle facilities	6 lockers[2]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16)
Services
Preceding station Metro Transit Following station Terminus Northstar Line Elk River towards Target Field
Former services Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station Becker toward Milaca Milaca – Minneapolis Elk River toward Minneapolis
Location

This station is the northbound terminus until funding for an extension to St. Cloud is secured. In the meantime, a commuter bus branded the Northstar Link (route 887) connects Big Lake with St. Cloud, stopping at the Metro Bus downtown transit center, St. Cloud State University, a commuter parking lot at Lincoln Avenue and U.S. Highway 10 and the Coffee Cup Cafe in Becker. The bus is operated by St. Cloud Metro Bus, rather than Metro Transit.^[4]

The maintenance facility for the Northstar trains was built just to the south.^[5]

Notes

1. "Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Transit System" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit. August 19, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
2. "Home - Metro Transit". www.metrotransit.org.
3. "Big Lake Station". Metro Transit.
4. "Northstar Link Commuter Bus, St. Cloud to Big Lake". Catch The Link.
5. "Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan: Freight and Passenger Rail System Planning (Draft Technical Memorandum 4)" (PDF). Cambridge Systematics. August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

External links

Media related to Big Lake (Metro Transit station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Big Lake Station, Northstar Corridor Development Authority (NCDA)