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Rail Authority Budget Hearing

The Regional Rail Authority will meet Tuesday, September 7, Immediately following the 9 a.m. County Board Meeting in Council Chambers, Third Floor Ramsey County Court House, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. On the agenda is the authority’s 2011 budget hearing and discussion of critical success indicators and performance measures. Click here for [...]

Regional Rail Budget Hearing

The Regional Rail Authority will hold a hearing on the authority’s proposed 2011 supplemental budget on the morning of Tuesday, August 17, immediately following the Housing and Redevelopment Authority Budget Hearing, in Council Chambers on the third floor of the Ramsey County Court House. Click here for [...]

Speaker of the House tours Union Depot

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks after a tour of Ramsey County's Union Depot on Saturday while Commissioners Jim McDonough and Rafael Ortega and Congressman Jim Oberstar look on.

‘The Dirt Will Fly’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Ramsey County’s Union Depot in St. Paul this morning, along with members of the Ramsey County board, House [...]

Celebrating Rail

Scenes from National Train Day at the Amtrak Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, May [...]

New Union Depot Rendering

Union Depot, artist's rendering

Here is a look at what Union Depot will look like when it returns to service as a multimodal transit hub in 2012. The rendering comes from the design team working on the renovation project, led by Mortenson Construction. Keep an eye on this space for more photos, graphics and videos of [...]

National Train Day is this Saturday

Please join us at the St. Paul Amtrak Station, 730 Transfer Road, from 11 A.M to 6 P.M. Saturday May 8 as we celebrate National Train Day, free fun for the whole family. Visit 25 exhibits for a glimpse of the past, present and future of railroading in the Midwest through displays, model railroads and actual railroad equipment. Ramsey County [...]

Union Depot Informational Session

Ramsey County Regional Rail and Mortenson Construction hosted a community information session at Union Depot in St. Paul on April 22, 2010, to update businesses and neighbors about progress on the renovation project. Regional Rail Chair Jim McDonough and project leaders provided up-to-the-minute plans for returning the depot to service as a transit hub by 2012, [...]

HUD Visit April 8

Deputy Secretary Ron Sims of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development visited the Union Depot in St. Paul as part of his tour of the Central Corridor light rail line in the Twin Cities on April 8, 2010. Ramsey County Regional Rail Chair Jim McDonough, accompanied by County Commissioner Toni Carter, led Secretary Sims, [...]

Union Depot Renovations in 3D

No need for 3D glasses — our artists have done the work for you. Here is a new animated look at how plans are progressing for Ramsey County’s renovation of Union Depot in downtown St. Paul. The new Union Depot Multimodal Transit Hub will reopen for business in late 2012, with service by Amtrak, Greyhound, Jefferson [...]

Regional Rail Authority to Meet April 6

The Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority Board will meet at 1:30 p.m. April 6 at the Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. (Click here for transit options). The board will consider a contract with TranSystems Corporation of Kansas City, MO, for completion of an East Metro Rail Capacity and Engineering Improvements Study. The [...]