MSP Tram

I love riding the tram back and forth. Sometimes I like to give people directions. Sometimes they are even right !
Sit in front and try to find the switch for the windshield wiper !

Man what an experience. A Tram in an airport!!! This coming from someone with tram riding experience folks. Trams at other airports, been there done that, Disney World monorail, uh huh! Subways, elevated trains, freakin locomotives, oh yeah! So this wondrous tram serves primarily Terminal C. Common folk may simply walk to their Gate in terminal C, but those in the know jump on the tram! Being the tram expert that I am, I can tell you this tram will also take you to terminal G, how about them apples??? For those simpletons who have connecting flights in terminals A, B, D, E and F, whatever, better start walking…

We will review and check-​in to anything! Since I don’t think anyone is actually searching out this as a destination, here goes.
Heading to G22 for my 2 hour+ layover, I decide I can figure out better things to do when I get there. So, after about a 3 minute wait, I hop onto the tram from concourse C. After sitting through a 2 hour flight, I decide to stand. Let the kids and the elderly have the few seats, people! No way am I holding onto the germ infested rail/​pole, so I lodge myself up against the side and wait for take off. Luckily, it wasn’t like some of the other trams that I’ve experienced. This one didn’t throw me for a whirl at take off.
Somehow it went from C to G, but I didn’t question it. On and off in a jif. Now here I am, waiting on my plane, at the end of concourse G.

Really cool. I like sitting/​standing on the end cars for the best view. Haven’t been to too many airports with this type of convenience although it probably would be healthier to walk. MSP does have moving walkways so if you’re feeling lazy you can still stand on those. Or if you’re pressed for time I would recommend the MSP Tram’s, speed walking on walkways or if you can flag down a mini shuttle that would probably be fastest.

What else can I say other than if you are in this area and need to get to the end fast hop on this tram.
Sure walking is better for you but it’s there when you need. It only goes one way back and forth, one stop there and one stop back. Can’t get lost.

Normally I wouldn’t review an airport tram, but some of the reviews on here are pretty ridiculous. Negative reviews of a tram just for existing? Really? And one reviewer is «appalled» that a tram exists here? Wow. Come on people.
Sure its more healthy to walk the terminals and I generally do if I’m on my own, but if you’re in a hurry, carting a ton of luggage, or have kids with you (or both), you definitely want to make it through their as quickly as possible and the tram is a great option. Not to mention its a big advantage if you are traveling with elderly folks or people with disabilities. Kudos to the folks at MSP for providing this great alternative for getting around!

It gets you down town and to the airport for about $ 2.25. Not as fast as a cab but a heck of lot cheaper.

Nice, easy to use, and clean. The cost isn’t half bad either when you are used to paying for the Metro North in NYC although it’s equivalent to the subway cost.
If you are going from the airport through downtown Minneapolis it makes a good alternative to a car.

I arrived mid morning and its a bit of a walk from AA to get to the tram… but it was clean, empty and quick when I rode it.
However, I had no idea you could walk instead (I just take it to the rental center)

I agree with the other Unilocal reviews, it’s obviously better to walk the terminal than to take the tram for «health reasons».
But for speed reasons, the tram is faster!
I’ve timed it… and if i’m going from the main terminal area to the A/​B gates, it’s faster to just wait a bit and hop on the tram. (And I’m a fast walker!)

The tram seems nicer to look at than to ride. I prefer to walk and get a little exercise and it really doesn’t save any time taking the tram. But it seemed like something to do or at least try, though the moving walkways are still better.

Saved my knees while transiting the endless corridors of MSP. While it only covers a part of the vast halls of the airport, it is useful if you have to haul butt from one end to the other.
Took me a moment to decipher exactly where it ran and what gates but that’s a function of MSP, I suppose.

So in Americas healthiest city, I am appalled that MSP has a worthless tram that basically runs from one end of concourse C to the other.
It’s slow and predictably not worth the wait.
I suggest that you use it If you need mobility assistance, are LAZY, or bored.