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So says the Pioneer Press.
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The depot's transit functions will take up half of the 185,000-square-foot station, leaving plenty of room for innovation. Proposals have called for retail space, a public marketplace and rotating installations by local artists.
Passenger service from the depot ended in 1971 when Amtrak moved to St. Paul's Midway area. It's expected to return once construction is complete. In 2007, the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority board voted to buy the depot concourse and adjacent land from the Postal Service and breathe life into the station.
In September, Ramsey County commissioners approved a $148.8 million construction contract with Mortenson Construction, which is working with HGA Architects and Engineers, as well as URS, a transportation and engineering design firm.
Using the depot as its St. Paul terminus, the $957 million Central Corridor light-rail line being built between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul is scheduled to begin operation in 2014. The light-rail trains will stop at their own station, to be built on the south side of Fourth Street in front of the depot, and not in the depot building itself.
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