Minnesota Avenue (WMATA station)

Minnesota Ave
Station statistics
Address 4000 Minnesota Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20019
Lines
  Orange Line
Connections WMATA Metrobus
Structure Surface
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking 333 spaces
Bicycle facilities 8 racks, 4 lockers
Other information
Opened November 20, 1978
Accessible
Code D09
Owned by WMATA
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1.139 million[1]
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
toward Vienna
 Orange Line

Minnesota Ave is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Central Northeast/Mahaning Heights neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

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Location

Minnesota Avenue station is located between Kenilworth Avenue and Minnesota Avenue, at Grant Street, immediately east of the CSX Landover Subdivision rail bed. The station is an east-Washington commuter station with a small parking lot and many Metrobuses serving the east side of city from here.

History

The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Neighborhood profiles WDCEP Retrieved 2011-12-16
  2. ^ a b Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post: C1 
  3. ^ a b Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post: D1 
  4. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved August 2, 2010. 

External links

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