VA Medical Center station (Metro Transit) explained

VA Medical Center
Style:Metro (Minnesota)
Address:5504 Minnehaha Avenue
Borough:Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Coordinates:44.9029°N -93.2023°W
Owned:Metro Transit
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: Metro Transit: 22, 440, 515
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Passengers:472 daily[1]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Percent:4.7
Pass Rank:32 out of 37
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 0053a0
Zoom:15

VA Medical Center station is a light rail station on the Blue Line on Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota.[2]

This station is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue with the entrance to the Minneapolis VAHCS Medical Center. A center-platform station, it entered service when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.

North of the station, between it and the 50th Street/Minnehaha Park station, the Blue Line leaves Minnesota State Highway 55 and travels down the center of Minnehaha Avenue for two blocks.

Bus connections

From the station, there are direct bus connections to routes 22, 440 and 515.[3]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. Web site: Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons . 2024-06-17 . gisdata.mn.gov . en-US.
  2. Web site: Hiawatha Light Rail Transit. September 2011. May 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: VA Medical Center Station. May 1, 2019.

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