As noted in the Tri-State report, this route is essentially a “cross-country” or new right-of-
way route from Rochester to Twin Cities. Furthermore, since both ends of the route have
been moved from downtown Rochester and St. Paul (Union Station) to Rochester and Twin
Cities’ airports, the route uses less rail right-of-way than proposed in that study. The only
stretches of rail line that are used for the airport-to-airport route are short stretches of
Canadian Pacific (CP) and Canadian National (CN) right-of-way between Rosemount and
the Twin Cities airport.