Metro Transit will start a track repair and maintenance project on the southern third of the Blue Line on Friday, and buses will fill in along the closed portion of the line. Trains will not run between Fort Snelling and Mall of America stations from 10 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. May 13, the agency said. The shuttle service between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul .
Metro Transit has let two key agreements intended to boost safety of employees and passengers aboard the Blue Line expire, saying the agency now has enough staffing to handle the job. The transit agency signed pacts with the Bloomington and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport police departments last year to add officers at both MSP terminals and at the Mall of America as safety concerns .