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Northstar Link ridership was up in 2012 compared to 2011.

Metro Bus is announcing fixed route and Dial-A-Ride Service will be ending early on Christmas Eve Day and New Year's Eve Day.

The Northstar Link commuter bus won't run tomorrow because of the Thanksgiving holiday.

If you ride the Northstar Link or Northstar Rail Line, good news. Officials are offering free rides this week to celebrate the opening of the new Ramsey rail station.

Fans who are heading to Minnesota Vikings home games this season will be able to take the Northstar Commuter Rail and Northstar Link to the games.

Good news for Twins fans who like to take the Northstar Rail Line to games. Northstar Link has announced they will run the bus route to meet up with the train for all home Twins games this season.

The operators of the Northstar Link surveyed riders last fall and they were told the commuter bus riders feel the fares are reasonably priced.

It's going to cost you more to ride the Northstar Link next year. Starting January 3rd the daily fares for the commuter bus will go up by a quarter.

Metro Bus will be running a reduced schedule for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Both Metro Bus fixed route and Dial-A-Ride will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving, on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

More people rode the Metro Bus this year than in 2010, but only slightly more. The fiscal year ended in September and the year-end report shows 872 more people rode the fixed route service than the year before. But, St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission spokesman Tom Cruikshank says the numbers may have been bigger had it not been a tough construction year.