Fort Snelling (Metro Transit station)
Fort Snelling | |||||||||||
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 Fort Snelling station in 2014 | |||||||||||
| Location | 6053 Minnehaha Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°53′36″N 93°11′53″W / 44.8932°N 93.1981°WCoordinates: 44°53′36″N 93°11′53″W / 44.8932°N 93.1981°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Connections | None | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 975 spaces | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
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Fort Snelling is a light rail station on the Blue Line on Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota.
This station is located on Minnehaha Avenue, adjacent to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and diagonally across from the Army Reserve campus and the main entrance to the Air National Guard station. This is a center-platform station. 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
- Bishop Henry Whipple Federal ("GSA") Building
- Fort Snelling Historical Site
- Fort Snelling State Park
- Campuses/facilities for the Minnesota Air National Guard; the Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, and the Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Reserve.