Metro E Line (Minnesota)

The Metro E Line is a bus rapid transit route in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Edina in Minnesota. The route operates from Southdale Center Transit Center in Edina to Westgate station in Saint Paul. Running mostly on France Avenue, Hennepin Avenue, and University Avenue, the line serves major destinations such as Southdale Center, Fairview Hospital, 50th & France, Linden Hills, Uptown, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Downtown Minneapolis, Dinkytown, the University of Minnesota, and Prospect Park. The route has "train-like" features to speed up service and improve reliability, such as signal priority, bus lanes, all-door boarding, further stop spacing, and specialized vehicles. In 2019 planning and design was underway, with construction slated for 2023 and operations beginning a year later but that timeline was moved back. The E Line largely replaced Route 6 which carried 9,000 trips each weekday. The project was fully funded with $60 million by the state of Minnesota in 2021 and opened December 6, 2025.