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| name=Fort Snelling
| name = Fort Snelling
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| style = Metro (Minnesota)
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| image = Fort Snelling station, July 2014.jpg
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| caption = Fort Snelling station in 2014
| address=6053 Minnehaha Avenue
| address = 6053 Minnehaha Avenue
| line={{rail color box|system=MNMT|line=Blue Line}}
| borough = [[Fort Snelling, Minnesota]]
| other=None
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| coordinates = {{coord|44.8932|N|93.1981|W|format=dms|region:US-MN_scale:10000_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
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| platform=[[Island platform]]
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| owned = [[Metro Transit (Minnesota)|Metro Transit]]
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| platform = 1 [[island platform]]
| parking=975 spaces
| tracks = 2
| bicycle=
| connections = {{bus icon}} [[Metro Transit (Minnesota)|Metro Transit]]: [[List of Metro Transit routes|7]]
| baggage_check=
| structure = At-grade
| passengers=
| parking = 975 spaces<ref name=PnR>{{cite web| url=https://www.metrotransit.org/park-ride-lots| title=Park & Ride Lots| website=MetroTransit}}</ref>
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| accessible = Yes
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| pass_percent=
| opened = {{Start date|2004|06|26}}
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| passengers = 441 daily<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons |url=https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/us-mn-state-metc-trans-stop-boardings-alightings |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=gisdata.mn.gov |language=en-US}}</ref>
| opened=June 26, 2004
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| pass_year = 2023
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| pass_percent = 17
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| pass_rank = 33 out of 37
| ADA=Yes
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metro (Minnesota)|line=Blue|left=Terminal 1–Lindbergh|right=VA Medical Center|to-left=Mall of America|to-right=Target Field}}
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| other_services_header = Future services
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}}'''Fort Snelling''' is a [[light rail]] station on the [[Hiawatha Line]] on [[Fort Snelling, Minnesota | Fort Snelling]] in the [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] region of [[Minnesota]]. It is the thirteenth stop southbound.


This station is located on Minnehaha Avenue, adjacent to the [[Henry Benjamin Whipple|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 Hiawatha Line opened on June 26, 2004. At that time, this was the southern terminus of the [[Hiawatha Line]]. The remainder of the line, south of this station, opened on December 4, 2004.
'''Fort Snelling station''' is a [[light rail]] station on the [[Blue Line (Minnesota)|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 [[Henry Benjamin Whipple|Bishop Henry Whipple]] Federal Building and diagonally across from a [[United States Army Reserve|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 now two parking lots, making a total of about 975 spaces available to commuters.
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 Hiawatha Line crosses the interchange of [[Minnesota State Highway 55]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 62 (east)|Minnesota State Highway 62]] on a [[overpass|flyover]]. Just south of this station, the line has a third track in the center which was used primarily for the [[Light_rail |LRV]]s to switch tracks when this station acted as the terminus of the line.
Just north of this station the Blue Line crosses the interchange of [[Minnesota State Highway 55]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 62 (east)|Minnesota State Highway 62]] on a [[overpass|flyover]]. Just south of this station, the line has a third track in the center which was used primarily for the [[Light rail|LRVs]] to switch tracks when this station was the terminus of the line.


==Notable places nearby==
== Notable places nearby ==
* Bishop Henry Whipple Federal ("GSA") Building
* Bishop Henry Whipple Federal ("GSA") Building
* [http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/history.html Fort Snelling Historical Site]
* [[Fort Snelling]] historic fortification<ref>{{cite web| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102015331/http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/history.html| url=http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/history.html| archivedate=2012-11-02| url-status=live| title=Historic Fort Snelling| website=Minnesota Historical Society}}</ref>
* [[Fort Snelling State Park]]
* [[Fort Snelling State Park]]
* Campuses/facilities for the Minnesota [[Air National Guard]]; the [[United States Army Reserve |Army Reserve]], the [[Air Force Reserve]], and the Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Reserve.
* Campuses/facilities for the Minnesota [[Air National Guard]]; the [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]], the [[Air Force Reserve]], and the Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Reserve.

== References ==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.metrotransit.org/fort-snelling-station.aspx Metro Transit: Fort Snelling Station]
*[http://www.metrotransit.org/fort-snelling-station.aspx Metro Transit: Fort Snelling Station]
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[[Category:Hiawatha Line stations]]
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[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2004]]
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[[Category:Metro Blue Line (Minnesota) stations in Hennepin County, Minnesota]]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 17 June 2024

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)
Passengers
2023441 daily[2] Increase 17%
Rank33 out of 37
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
Map

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

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References

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  1. ^ "Park & Ride Lots". MetroTransit.
  2. ^ "Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons". gisdata.mn.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Historic Fort Snelling". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
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