After years of construction delays and cost overruns, trains are now moving on the tracks of the METRO Green Line Extension – a major light rail project that will connect downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie.

The Metropolitan Council announced that testing has begun on the 14.5-mile extension, which is now about 95 percent complete. The new route will run through St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Minnetonka before ending at SouthWest Station in Eden Prairie. Passenger service is expected to begin in early 2027.

Officials say the project is expected to cost nearly $3 billion. Hennepin County and Metropolitan Council officials say every dollar has been closely reviewed after years of scrutiny over the project’s rising price tag.

“Every dollar that has been spent has been well scrutinized,” said

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