VA Medical Center station (Metro Transit)
VA Medical Center | |||||||||||
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 VA Medical Center station in 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 5504 Minnehaha Avenue Fort Snelling, Minnesota | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°54′10″N 93°12′08″W / 44.9029°N 93.2023°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Metro Transit: 22, 440, 515 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 472 daily[1]  4.7% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 32 out of 37 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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VA Medical Center station is a light rail station on the Blue Line on Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota.[2]
This station is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue with the entrance to the Minneapolis VAHCS Medical Center. A center-platform station, it entered service when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.
North of the station, between it and the 50th Street/Minnehaha Park station, the Blue Line leaves Minnesota State Highway 55 and travels down the center of Minnehaha Avenue for two blocks.
Bus connections
[edit]From the station, there are direct bus connections to routes 22, 440 and 515.[3]
Notable places nearby
[edit]- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- Minnehaha and Morris Park neighborhoods
References
[edit]- ^ "Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons". gisdata.mn.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "Hiawatha Light Rail Transit". September 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "VA Medical Center Station". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
