Dale Street station explained

Dale Street
Style:Metro (Minnesota)
Address:616 University Avenue West (Eastbound)
641 University Avenue West (Westbound)
Borough:Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates:44.9558°N -93.1264°W
Owned:Metro Transit
Platform:2 split side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: Metro Transit: 65
Structure:At-grade
Bicycle:Nice Ride station
Accessible:Yes
Passengers:1,163 daily[1]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Percent:25.7
Pass Rank:21 out of 37
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 008144
Zoom:15

Dale Street station is a light rail station along the Metro Green Line in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is located along University Avenue on both sides of the intersection with Dale Street. The station has split side platforms, with the westbound platform on the north side of the tracks west of Dale and the eastbound platform on the south side of the tracks east of Dale.[2]

Construction in this area was expected to begin in 2012.[3] The station opened along with the rest of the line in 2014.

The station is located on the edge of the Frogtown and Summit-University neighborhoods. In the southwest corner of the intersection is the Rondo Community Outreach Library, which opened in 2006 on the site that formerly held the Faust Theatre. After several decades of traditional operation, the Faust Theatre began showing X-Rated films before being shut down in the 1980s.[4] The northwest corner was redeveloped and opened in 2021 as Frogtown Crossroads with space for affordable housing, offices, and business incubator spaces.[5] [6] The northeast corner was developed into a mixed-use building with commercial spaces on the first floor and senior housing above it in 2011 as Frogtown Square.[7] In the southeast corner is Unidale Mall.

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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.
  2. Web site: Central Corridor light rail illustrated plans . Central Corridor . Metropolitan Council . June 28, 2010 . September 17, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612050057/http://www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/ccorridor/CCLRTPlansJun2010.htm . June 12, 2011 .
  3. Web site: Central Corridor LRT construction schedule at a glance . Central Corridor . Metropolitan Council . July 20, 2010 . September 16, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924174951/http://www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/ccorridor/construction/CCLRTConstructionScheduleAtAGlance.htm . September 24, 2010 .
  4. Web site: Yuen . Laura . New film remembers University Avenue's glory days -- and looks to its future . MPR News . 21 January 2022 . en . November 15, 2012.
  5. News: Jackson . Zoë . First Black-owned coffee shop opening in St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood . 21 January 2022 . Star Tribune . May 26, 2021.
  6. Web site: Frogtown Crossroads . NDC . Neighborhood Development Center . 21 January 2022.
  7. News: Mel . Frederick . At University and Dale, five-story biz/residential complex proposed . 21 January 2022 . St. Paul Pioneer Press . 13 August 2014.