Terminal 1–Lindbergh station

The Terminal 1–Lindbergh station is a light rail station on the Metro Blue Line. It is the only underground station on the Blue Line and is located 69 feet (21 m) below ground level at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.[1] It is a center-platform station that is accessed by escalator or elevator. Service began at the site when the second phase of the Blue Line opened on December 4, 2004.

Terminal 1–Lindbergh
Metro light rail station
General information
Location6450 Glumack Drive
Coordinates44°52′52″N 93°12′21″W
Owned byMetropolitan Airports Commission
Line(s)  Blue Line 
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsMSP Airport Trams
Route 54
Construction
Structure typeSubway
Depth69 feet (21 m)
ParkingNo
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneAirport zone: Free service to Terminal 2–Humphrey, standard fare to other stations.
History
OpenedDecember 4, 2004
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Fort Snelling
toward Target Field
 Blue Line Terminal 2–Humphrey
toward Mall of America
Other services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Terminal 2–Humphrey
toward Mall of America
 Riverview Corridor Fort Snelling
toward Saint Paul Union Depot

The location of this station directly below a major airport caused challenges for its designers. The tunnel and the station both had to be carefully designed to meet Federal Aviation Administration safety requirements. Passengers can access this station from the transit center in the "Hub Building", which is reached by taking the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport Trams, which is a people mover from the tram-level of the main terminal.[2]

This station was excavated after the two main tunnel tubes were constructed with a tunnel boring machine (though cut and cover was used near the ends of the tunnels).[1] The station box is 40 ft (12 m) high, 63 ft (19 m) wide, and approximately 300 ft (91 m) long. The station is the largest subterranean public space in Minnesota.[3] During the excavation of the tunnels, a buried river valley was encountered a few hundred feet south of the station.

Lindbergh Station is unheated, but maintains a temperature of roughly 50–60 °F (10–15 °C) year-round because of its underground location. Small spot heaters are not available at this location as they were never installed; the small press buttons actually do nothing.

Service between this station and Humphrey Terminal is free to passengers and operates 24-hours a day.[2] The Blue Line is the main way for travelers to transfer between terminals.[2] Along with Terminal 2-Humphrey station, the station is owned and maintained by the Metropolitan Airports Commission rather than Metro Transit.

Bus connections

From the station, there is a direct bus connection to Route 54 to Downtown Saint Paul and the Mall of America.

Public art

The station contains the artwork Dragonfly by Andrea Myklebust and Stanton Sears. The artwork consists of a 30 ft (9.1 m) by 45 ft (14 m) terrazzo floor pattern of a dragonfly wing on platform complemented by an airfoil wing suspended from the ceiling. The artwork is owned and maintained by the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Myklebust and Sears have several other terrazzo floor artworks at the airport.[4] The walls of the station are fabricated to look like an outcrop of Saint Peter Sandstone through which the tunnels have been bored.

References
  1. Ozdemir, Levent, ed. (April 2004). North American Tunneling 2004. Atlanta: CRC Press. ISBN 978-9058096692.
  2. "Terminal-1-Lindbergh-Station". Metro Transit. 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  3. Stratton, Jeremy (4 September 2007). "Twin tunnels carrying trains to and from Minneapolis-St. Paul airport were major undertaking". aviationpros.com. Endeavor Business Media. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. "Terminal 1-Lindbergh Station Public Art - Metro Transit". www.metrotransit.org. Metro Transit. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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