Terminal 1–Lindbergh station

The Airport - Lindberg Terminal light rail station is on the Hiawatha Line in the Twin Cities region of U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the twelfth stop southbound.

This station is the only underground station on the Hiawatha Line and is located below the transit center at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. This is a center-platform station. Service began at this station when the second phase of the Hiawatha Line opened on December 4, 2004.

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport serves about 34 million passengers annually and is one of the main hubs of Northwest Airlines. Because of this, the Lindberg Terminal Station is one of the most important on the line. The Hiawatha line creates a direct connection between the airport, downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America.

Located 70 feet underground, this station was excavated after the two main tunnel tubes were constructed. During the excavation of the tunnels, a buried river valley was encountered just south of the station by several few hundred feet. The location of this station directly below a major airport makes it unique. The tunnel and the station both had to be carefully designed to meet FAA safety requirements.

The walls of the station are painted to look like an outcrop of Saint Peter Sandstone through which the tunnels have been bored. A large installation on the ceiling of this station is meant to look like an aircraft wing.

Passengers can access this station from the Transit Center, which is reached by either taking a people-mover from the ground-transportation level of the main terminal, or by exiting from the skyway security checkpoint.

Notable places nearby

• Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport

External links

• Airport - Lindberg Terminal Station

Next station north: Fort Snelling

Hiawatha Line

Next station south: Humphrey Terminal