Station Area Planning

Hopkins is the proposed site for three transit stations which would have a significant impact on future development in the city.

Transit Stations (PDF)

In Hopkins, station area planning is occurring on an ongoing basis around and within a ½ mile radius of the station locations at Blake Road, in Downtown Hopkins and at Shady Oak Road.

For more information about the project as a whole, visit the SWLRT website.

Blake Road Station

Proposed site: just west of Blake Road and north of Excelsior Boulevard on the Cedar Lake regional trail (just north of the Pawn America site)

Artist Rendering of Blake Road Station (PDF)

Documents

  1. 2009 Station Area Planning - Blake Rd (PDF)
  2. 2013 Station Site Plans - Blake Rd (PDF)
  3. 2015 Blake Road Station Area - Development Guidelines (PDF)
  4. 2015 Blake Road Station Area - Final Report (PDF)

Downtown Hopkins Station

Proposed site: on the Cedar Lake Regional trail corridor just east of 8th Avenue and south of Excelsior Blvd (by Hopkins Honda) 

Downtown Hopkins Station (PDF)

Documents

  1. 2009 Station Area Planning - Downtown Hopkins (PDF)
  2. 2013 Station Site Plans - Downtown Hopkins (PDF)

Shady Oak Road Station

Proposed site: Near Shady Oak Road and Excelsior Boulevard, on the border of Hopkins and Minnetonka (behind the Hopkins Tech Center)

Shady Oak Station (PDF)

Documents

  1. 2025 Shady Oak Station Development Strategy Update (PDF)
  2. Shady Oak Station Area Development Strategy (9-30-2015) (PDF)
  3. 2013 Station Site Plans - Shady Oak Road (PDF)
  4. 2009 Station Area Planning - Shady Oak Road (PDF)