46th Street (Metro Transit station)

This article is about the Blue Line station. For the Orange Line BRT station, see 46th Street/Kingfield (Metro Transit station).
46th Street

The southbound platform at the 46th Street Station.
Location 3660 46th Street East
Coordinates 44°55′15″N 93°13′12″W / 44.9207°N 93.2199°W / 44.9207; -93.2199Coordinates: 44°55′15″N 93°13′12″W / 44.9207°N 93.2199°W / 44.9207; -93.2199
Owned by Metro Transit
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms Side platforms
Connections Metro Transit routes: A Line, 7, 9, 46 and 74
MVTA routes 436 and 446
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened June 26, 2004
Services
Preceding station   Metro Transit   Following station
toward Target Field
Blue Line
TerminusMetro A Line (Minnesota)
46th Street & Minnehaha
toward [[Template:S-line/Metro Transit right/Metro A Line (Minnesota) Station|Template:S-line/Metro Transit right/Metro A Line (Minnesota)]]

46th Street is a light rail station on the METRO Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This station is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of 46th Street and Minnesota State Highway 55 (Hiawatha Avenue), in the Ericsson neighborhood. This is a side-platform station. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.

46th Street Station is one of the main bus interchanges on the Blue Line in Minneapolis. Buses serving south Minneapolis and St. Paul serve the station's bus interchange. A bus rapid transit line, called the A Line, began operating on Snelling Avenue in June 2016, beginning its route at 46th Street Station; the line also connects to the Green Line at Snelling Avenue and University Avenue.[1]

Services

From 46th Street Station there are direct bus connections to the A Line and routes 7, 9, 46 and 74, and Minnesota Valley Transit Authority routes 436 and 446.[2] HourCar, a local carsharing program, has a solar-powered charging station at 46th Street for the organization's fleet of plug-in Toyota Priuses.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Janet (June 10, 2016). "Rapid buses begin rolling Saturday on St. Paul's Snelling Avenue". Star Tribune. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "46th Street Station". Metro Transit. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Brooks Suzukamo, Leslie (October 23, 2008). "HourCar unveils solar charging hub". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

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