MacArthur Square station

MacArthur Square
The Tide light rail station
The waiting area in January 2011 prior to opening.
Location	City Hall Avenue at Bank Street Norfolk, VA
Coordinates	36°50′50″N 76°17′23″W / 36.8472°N 76.2897°WCoordinates: 36°50′50″N 76°17′23″W / 36.8472°N 76.2897°W
Owned by	Hampton Roads Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Hampton Roads Transit
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	Racks available
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	19 August 2011
Services
Preceding station   Hampton Roads Transit   Following station Monticello toward EVMC / Fort Norfolk The Tide Civic Plaza toward Newtown Road

MacArthur Square is a station on the Tide Light Rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., which opened in August 2011. MacArthur Square Station is situated in downtown Norfolk in a small block bounded by Plume Street, City Hall Avenue, Bank Street and Atlantic Street.^[1]

The station is adjacent to the MacArthur Center, the Douglas MacArthur Memorial, the Norfolk Library Downtown Branch, the business district along Main Street, Waterside Festival Marketplace, Nauticus, and many of downtown's larger hotels.^[1] This station is also the closest to HRT's Elizabeth River Ferry service to Downtown Portsmouth.

References

1. Hampton Roads Transit. "MacArthur Square station". Retrieved 2011-07-24.

External links

• Media related to MacArthur Square (Tide station) at Wikimedia Commons
• MacArthur Square station