East Bank (Metro Transit station)

East Bank
Station statistics
Lines
  Central Corridor
Connections Regular routes: 2, 16, 121, 123, 144. University of Minnesota commuter routes: 111, 113, 114, 115, 118, 152, 252, 272, 355U, 460, 465, 579, 652, 680, 685, 690, 695, 697, 698, 699, 789.[1]
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 2014 (planned)
Accessible
Owned by Metro Transit
Traffic
Passengers (projected 2030) 6,660 per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station   Metro Transit   Following station
    Planned    
Central Corridor

East Bank is a light rail station under construction along the Central Corridor line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, located on Washington Avenue on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. According to a preliminary engineering draft from June 2010, it will extend between Union Street and Harvard Street. This is south of the Transportation and Safety Building and north of Moos Tower and Weaver-Densford Hall.[2]

Washington Avenue on the East Bank is being converted into a transit mall as the light-rail line is built. Construction began in the area in May 2011,[3] and the station is expected to open along with the rest of the line in 2014.

References

  1. ^ a b "East Bank Street Station". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. http://www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/ccorridor/stations/EastBank.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Central Corridor light rail illustrated plans". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. June 28, 2010. http://www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/ccorridor/CCLRTPlansJun2010.htm. Retrieved September 16, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Construction on western end of Central Corridor begins in September". Metro Transit. 2010. http://metrotransit.org/TransitArticles/Story.aspx?pageid=18&mid=393&articleid=122. Retrieved September 16, 2010. 

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