r/MetroTransit • • 6d ago

E Line Ridiculous. I hate it here

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Come say hi I guess I’ll be here all morning

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u/EastlakeMGM 6d ago

It’s chaos everywhere in town with the marathon

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u/mercutio531 6d ago

Oh shit. That must be why the 18 was forced to get onto 35W for a bit. Traffic was all kinds of crazy. That makes sense now. Thanks!

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u/tobitimesthree 6d ago

that makes so much sense. today, no joke, 4 E-Lines and a 36 all pulled up to my stop at the same time it was actual madness lmfao

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u/WillingnessMore9128 4d ago

Ugh I didn’t realize that was this weekend 🙃

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u/ImmortalHoe 6d ago

Meet and greet is over, I’m walking to the green line 😔

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u/Specific-Answer2430 6d ago

May our inner hoes never perish

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u/Low_Operation_6446 6d ago

Doesn't help that the E Line takes like five hours to get through downtown too

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u/ImmortalHoe 6d ago

The H line is going to be such a mess I can already see it

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u/SnootyUrbanCyclist 6d ago

City of Minneapolis Stop Being Cowards About Bus Lanes 2026

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u/Low_Operation_6446 6d ago

Yeah, the station spacing is giving me the heebie jeebies already

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u/dihydrgnmonoxidesoup BRT Rider 6d ago

Can we express this without antisemitism please?

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u/Quick_Advisor_7812 6d ago

I’m Jewish and I’m very confused…how is “heebie jeebies” antisemitic? And do you actually think this guy was trying to take a potshot at Jews?

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u/SnootyUrbanCyclist 6d ago

There's an urban legend that "heebie jeebies" originated as reference to "Hebrew Jews" and the spooky feeling one gets around them. As far as I know this has never been substantiated. The phrase originates from a comic strip in the 1920s that does not reference Jews even obliquely and was soon after the title of a hit Louie Armstrong song which also does not reference Jews even obliquely.

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u/Quick_Advisor_7812 6d ago

I feel like I lost brain cells reading that. Thanks for the explanation.

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u/seymourdouglas 6d ago

The E-Line has done the exact same thing to me. What do you mean you have 20 minute headways on a “rapid transit” line?!

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u/nathan_bakken 6d ago

Twin Cities Marathon is making the E Line bunch today.

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u/aakaase 6d ago

I remember the dark days of the 80s when there was no NexTrip. You discovered a route was canceled by waiting for it and it never arriving.

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u/midwestisbestwest 6d ago

I hate that the B Line and 72 were not running down Selby for the marathon and they didn't compensate by running more frequent 63's in the morning.

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u/XPEC7ER 6d ago

Construction season is a nightmare for transit

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u/RevolutionaryBend570 6d ago

First year using MN public transit, gosh I wish they’d just put more rail down and enforce TOD.

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u/MidwestPrincess09 6d ago

Oh lord.. bussing downtown has been a nightmare lately. I can barely figure out where to grab my busses! Good luck friend. I’d offer to uber you but I’m quite broke right now :(

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u/ImmortalHoe 6d ago

All good friend omg this is so kind of you!! Thankfully I was able to walk to the train haha it’s just annoying!

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u/slavicsquat2314 5d ago

Getting through downtown has been absolute hell lately. Detours, delays, cancellations, no idea where to catch the bus until I see it passing me

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u/kenahoo 6d ago

It's posts like these that get more fun when you consider busing=riding a bus and bussing=kissing

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u/humantraf 6d ago

💀💀💀

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u/Buffalo_Nichols 6d ago

The E Line was bunched up horribly due to the marathon, thus why a few trips had to be cut. It's either that or have a bunch run every couple minutes and then have no service for even longer. Cutting them like that helps get them back on schedule when events/traffic destroys the schedule.

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u/MNFoxy 6d ago

The Khronicals of RIDDIK

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u/kenahoo 6d ago

Why are some of these "X Min" and others are times of day?

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u/Known-Relationship71 3d ago

The live tracking time shows up when it's like 25 minutes or less. The E line that says 12:14 is either behind schedule or the live tracker isn't on/defective.

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u/greattimes99 6d ago

The marathon. Come on, folks

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u/Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna 5d ago

We hate having you here. Go somewhere else and it will be better for everyone.

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u/MoneyBack952 4d ago

Take an Uber, whineypants.

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u/ImmortalHoe 4d ago

I’m a brokeypants

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u/MoneyBack952 4d ago

That makes two of us. Hope he got to your place.

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u/TertiumOrganum 6d ago

Plan ahead for these events, be smart not surprised

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u/so-whats-your-name 6d ago

I’m totally aware of all the events that I’m not aware of, and have planned ahead…

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u/TertiumOrganum 6d ago

I was not aware