Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling station in 2014
General information
Location6053 Minnehaha Avenue
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Coordinates44°53′36″N 93°11′53″W / 44.8932°N 93.1981°W / 44.8932; -93.1981
Owned byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Metro Transit: 7
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking975 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 26, 2004 (2004-06-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Terminal 1–Lindbergh
toward Mall of America
 Blue Line VA Medical Center
toward Target Field
Future services
Preceding station Metro Following station
Terminal 1–Lindbergh
toward Mall of America
 Riverview Corridor Historic Fort Snelling
toward Saint Paul Union Depot
Location

Fort Snelling station is a light rail station on the Blue Line in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region of the U.S. state of Minnesota, named after the nearby Fort Snelling historic fort structure. This station is located on Minnehaha Avenue, adjacent to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and diagonally across from a U.S. Army Reserve campus and the main entrance to an Air National Guard station. The station's layout has a center-platform design. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004. At that time, this was the southern terminus of the Blue Line. The remainder of the line, south of this station, opened on December 4, 2004.

This station is the site of a large park and ride facility. There are two parking lots, making a total of about 975 spaces available to commuters.

Just north of this station the Blue Line crosses the interchange of Minnesota State Highway 55 and Minnesota State Highway 62 on a flyover. Just south of this station, the line has a third track in the center which was used primarily for the LRVs to switch tracks when this station was the terminus of the line.

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ "Park & Ride Lots". MetroTransit.
  2. ↑ "Historic Fort Snelling". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
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