Transportation information for Minnesota
TRANSPORTATION
Airports
Minneapolis-St
Paul International Airport, a major regional hub and home of Northwest Airlines,
is a 20-minute drive south of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. The airport handles
around 22 million passengers a year. The Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport
is 15mi (25km) southeast of Minneapolis and about the same distance southwest
of St. Paul.
http://www.mspairport.com/msp/
Buses
and Trains
To
get around the city, Metro Transit run a comprehensive bus system throughout
the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. During the winter months the climate-controlled
skyway system provides comfortable access to a large area of the city.
Greyhound
has stations in both cities that are reasonably convenient to sights and lodgings.
The
Twin Cities are at the crossroads of two major interstate highways, I-35 and I-94.
The former runs north-south from Duluth, Minnesota, to Des Moines, Iowa; the latter
east-west from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Billings, Montana.
http://www.metrotransit.org/
Amtrak:
Twin Cities Passenger Station: 12500 W Marion Ln., Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612)
644-1127
The Twin Cities are at the crossroads of two major interstate highways,
I-35 and I-94. I-35 runs north-south from Duluth, Minnesota, to Des Moines, Iowa;
I-94 east-west from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Billings, Montana. |
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