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Old 04-12-2010, 01:12 PM
 
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Wondering if there is any neighborhood that is served by light rail (either the existing line or the upcoming line) and that also has good local public elementary schools. And by "served by light rail" i mean ideally being able to walk to the station.

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Old 04-12-2010, 02:14 PM
 
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None right now.
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Old 04-12-2010, 02:36 PM
 
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The Nokomis area is within a walk away from the light rail and it's by a good neighborhood. But I wouldn't go to the elementary schools over there.
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Old 04-12-2010, 03:05 PM
 
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Seward has a good (public) Montessori school. And while I'm not sure which schools over near Nokomis are good, I would give them a closer look. Same with Longfellow. I've heard good things about Hale (elementary), for example.
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Old 04-12-2010, 03:16 PM
 
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Wondering if there is any neighborhood that is served by light rail (either the existing line or the upcoming line) and that also has good local public elementary schools. And by "served by light rail" i mean ideally being able to walk to the station.

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Big Lake.

Great School district, cool small town. About 40 minutes to Minneapolis by car, about 20 minutes to St. Cloud.

Served by light rail, about hr ride into DT Mpls
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Old 04-12-2010, 03:26 PM
 
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Actually, the North Star rail is heavy rail, not light rail, and it's very limited.
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Old 04-12-2010, 06:46 PM
 
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From what I've heard, Seward Elementary isn't that bad. I've actually heard alot of good things about it from my neighbors. I'm guessing the school serves students from Seward, Longfellow, Corcoran and maybe parts of Phillips East.
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Old 04-12-2010, 07:03 PM
 
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^ I forgot to specify the school when I earlier mentioned Seward; Slig is talking about the same school I mentioned in my post (the elementary, although it also has an attached junior high). It has a good reputation.
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Old 04-13-2010, 01:09 AM
 
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The Seward neighborhood is a short walk from the Franklin station, and has Seward Montessori - great school.

The Longfellow neighborhood is a short walk from both the 46th st. station and the 38th st. station, and has Dowling Elementary - another great school.

Longfellow is closer to the light rail line by a few minutes, but both neighborhoods are excellent places to raise your children. I grew up around there.
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Old 04-13-2010, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Columbus OH
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Actually, the North Star rail is heavy rail, not light rail, and it's very limited.

Just to set the record straight, there are (at least) three types of rail transit:

Light Rail Transit (LRT): This is what we have on the Hiawatha Line--with overhead wires for electricity-powered vehicles. LRT typically has frequent interval service throughout the day, running trains often enough that you don't need to check a train schedule.

Heavy Rail: We don't have this in the Twin Cities. This category includes the El Trains in Chicago, the subways in Toronto, NYC, Washington DC and BART in San Fran. These systems are the most expensive and have fast speed service between stations (typically .5 to 1.0 mile apart). You can identify heavy rail by its use of a Third Rail lying between or adjacent to the rails. This third rail carries the high voltage electricity needed for the trains to run.

Commuter rail: This is what the Northstar Line is. These trains often have an engine pulling them (if they're diesel powered) --like Metra in Chicago and our own Northstar, or can run on electricity through overhead wires (like NJ Transit). You can generally cross these tracks safely because there is no third rail. Commuter Rail typically is heavily oriented to serving commuters, with many in-bound trains in the morning and many out-bound trains in the afternoon. You'd be wise to check the train schedule for commuter rail!

Of course there's also people movers like downtown Detroit and at airports, and streetcar lines too (which is most similar to LRT).
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