46th Street station is a
light rail station on the
Metro Blue Line in
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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. This station is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of 46th Street and
Minnesota State Highway 55 (Hiawatha Avenue), in the
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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
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interchanges on the Blue Line in Minneapolis. Buses serving south Minneapolis and
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serve the station's
bus interchange
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. 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.
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
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routes
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and
446.
HourCar, a local
carsharing program, has a solar-powered charging station at 46th Street for the organization's fleet of plug-in
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es.
The
Hiawatha LRT Trail
Hiawatha LRT Trail is a , multi-use path adjacent to a light-rail transit line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that is popular with bicycle commuters. Users travel along the Metro Blue Line and Hiawatha Avenue transit corridor, reac ...
, which runs along much of the METRO Blue Line route, provides connection for bicyclists to reach East Minnehaha Parkway and
Minnehaha Park.
References
External links
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Metro Transit: 46th Street Station
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Metro Blue Line (Minnesota) stations in Minneapolis
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004
2004 establishments in Minnesota