Minnesota Avenue station
 Minnesota Avenue | |||||||||||
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| Location |
4000 Minnesota Avenue NE Washington, DC 20019 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | WMATA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
 Orange Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 Metrobus: U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, V2, V4, X1, X2, X3, X9 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||
| Parking | 333 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 racks, 4 lockers | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | D09 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 20, 1978 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
3,005 daily [1]  3.38% | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Minnesota Avenue is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Central Northeast/Mahaning Heights neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Location
Minnesota Avenue station is located between Kenilworth Avenue and Minnesota Avenue, at Grant Street, immediately east of the CSX Landover Subdivision rail bed. The station is an east-Washington commuter station with a small parking lot and many Metrobuses serving the east side of the city from here. It is also southwest of the historic western terminus of the Chesapeake Beach Railway.
History
The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Orange Line toward Vienna (Stadium–Armory) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | → Orange Line toward New Carrollton (Deanwood) → | |
| M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
References
- ↑ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- 1 2 Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post, p. C1
- 1 2 Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1 Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthor=(help) - ↑ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved August 2, 2010.
External links
Media related to Minnesota Avenue (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- WMATA: Minnesota Avenue Station
- StationMasters Online: Minnesota Avenue Station
- Kenilworth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Minnesota Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 38°53′55″N 76°56′49″W / 38.8986°N 76.9469°W