Fort Snelling (Metro Transit station)

Fort Snelling

Fort Snelling station in 2014
Location 6053 Minnehaha Avenue
Coordinates 44°53′36″N 93°11′53″W / 44.8932°N 93.1981°W / 44.8932; -93.1981Coordinates: 44°53′36″N 93°11′53″W / 44.8932°N 93.1981°W / 44.8932; -93.1981
Owned by Metro Transit
Line(s)
Platforms Island platform
Connections None
Construction
Parking 975 spaces
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened June 26, 2004
Services
Preceding station   Metro Transit   Following station
toward Target Field
Blue Line

Fort Snelling is a light rail station on the Blue Line on Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota.

This station is located on Minnehaha Avenue, adjacent to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and diagonally across from the Army Reserve campus and the main entrance to the Air National Guard station. This is a center-platform station. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004. At that time, this was the southern terminus of the Blue Line. The remainder of the line, south of this station, opened on December 4, 2004.

This station is the site of a large park and ride facility. There are two parking lots, making a total of about 975 spaces available to commuters.

Just north of this station the Blue Line crosses the interchange of Minnesota State Highway 55 and Minnesota State Highway 62 on a flyover. Just south of this station, the line has a third track in the center which was used primarily for the LRVs to switch tracks when this station was the terminus of the line.

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