A 1950s trip on the University Avenue line

Travel the University Avenue streetcar line, also called the Interurban, from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul with vintage video and still photos. Gone since 1953, it has been almost exactly reborn as the Metro Transit Green Line.

[@Mac-tw3zu]

Hopefully we can have transit this comprehensive again in the future

[@nodical802]

Once you discover this part of our history and the extent to which the streetcar network had coverage over it really puts the blue and green line to shame.

[@GenX_-um2ct]

Really cool video! Seeing the Montgomery Wards building brought back a flood of memories hanging out with my hot rodding dad in his 34 Ford in that parking lot. Was the beginning of the end of Wards, but the car dealership across the street too. Can I turn back time to 1988 again?

[@cheapAl0]

Very well organized, great narration, lovely pictures. Thanks for making this video.

[@devans326]

Amazing video! I miss the streetcars so much! The light rail just isn’t the same.

[@joemarkus1589]

Fantastic!!

[@RandyTheWildHorse]

Vintage Perfection!

[@blainenodes8182]

University Ave (at one time,1950s?) Was longest,straightest street in USA,if I remember🤯,car dealerships rice st to kstp

[@markhall6306]

US highway 12 and 52 went down University Avenue to Washington Avenue. The Milwaukee Road Depot at 3rd Avenue and Washington Avenue was the Junction of US 8, US 65 and US 12 and 52

[@mattnawn5019]

Superb presentation - thank you, Minnesota Streetcar Museum!

[@1982Nels]

His voice reminds me of Roger Ebert. This is so well done!

[@SunnyJohn45]

This was great! A suggestion: Could you include an image of current conditions, e.g., of the overhead shot at the Capitol, for those of us not familiar with the Twin Cities? I'm from Pittsburgh and your videos remind me of my youth. Well done...

[@neilabernath5862]

Never rode on a street car, although I'm old enough, but have ridden lite rail and was very impressed, very comfortable and avoid high cost of parking downtown.

[@tomsherman3234]

Wonderful and well done!

[@SeanIgo]

How the mighty have fallen

[@royal552]

great job

[@danwatt3247]

Bring back trolleys on some streets😊😊😊please

[@neilabernath5862]

Rode bus to Chicago for the experience. Horrible experience, took forever, very uncomfortable, train shook from side to side.

[@andrews4070]

Is it accurate to say the line was abandoned--a mere five years after the infrastructure was rebuilt by the state highway department? It was asset-looted in a $1M fraud by corrupt private ownership. Fact: TCRT's own consultant, Bingham, recommended retaining much of the public assets we see here.

[@danwatt3247]

This got dismantled for safety reasons