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 | ||||||||||
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| 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
From the station, there are direct bus connections to routes 22, 440 and 515.[3]
Notable places nearby
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- Minnehaha and Morris Park neighborhoods
References
- ^ "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.
