Big Lake | |||||||||||||
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 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 / 45.32972°N 93.73000°W | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Staples Subdivision | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (only 1 in use) | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Metro Transit: 887 (Northstar Link)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 518 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 lockers[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | November 16, 2009 | ||||||||||||
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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]
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]
