50th Street/Minnehaha Park station explained

50th Street/Minnehaha Park
Style:Metro (Minnesota)
Address:5010 Minnehaha Avenue
Borough:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates:44.9123°N -93.2101°W
Owned:Metro Transit
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Passengers:258 daily[1]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Percent:18.9
Pass Rank:35 out of 37
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 0053a0
Zoom:15

50th Street/Minnehaha Park is a light rail station on the Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

This station is located on the southwest corner on the intersection of 50th Street with Minnesota State Highway 55 (Hiawatha Avenue), in the Minnehaha neighborhood. This is a side-platform station. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.

Early on in the design process, there had been some consideration to use a small existing rail station on the other side of the highway for this stop. The Minnehaha Depot, also known as the "Princess Depot," had been built in 1875 and was used for a variety of purposes over the years. The Milwaukee Road used it for the majority of the time until it closed in 1963, and it was part of the Twin City Rapid Transit streetcar system for many years.

Just north of this station is a short tunnel under Minnehaha Parkway.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons . 2024-06-17 . gisdata.mn.gov . en-US.