The Apple Valley Transit Station is a transit facility located in

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. It is owned by the City of Apple Valley and the MVTA. The transit station is near

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and Gaslight Drive. This station has 337 parking spaces and is almost full almost each weekday. It also serves the nearby communities of Lakeville and

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. As part of the

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Red Line BRT, the transit station was relocated. A construction groundbreaking ceremony took place on April 14, 2009 and an opening ceremony took place on January 7, 2010. This location was originally a Menards location when it opened in 1986, then in 1998 it became a recreational store called Watson's and it became this transit station. The station's parking structure was originally 3 stories tall but was expanded in 2019 to 5 stories tall.

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Note
Route 420
is a reservation route and runs local service to Rosemount
Route 440
makes connections to Metro Transit Route's 22 (Minneapolis/Brooklyn Center) and 515 (66th Street/Richfield Commons/ Southdale Mall) @

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and to BlueXpress Route's 491A (East Shakopee/Southbridge/Dakotah Parkway) and 492 (Downtown Prior Lake/Eagle Creek) @ Cedar Grove
Route 480A
is non-stop along Palomino Drive, 127th Street and Galaxie Avenue and by-passes Burnsville via "A" terminal letter trips going Northbound to the

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& St. Paul Union Depot. * Route 420 (147th Street / 145th Street / Rosemount Community Center / Rosemount Transit Station) * Route 440 (Southport Shopping Center / 153rd Street / Garrett Ave / 147th Street Station / Pennock Ave / 140th Street Station /

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/ Johnny Cake Ridge Road /

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/ County Road 38 / Palomino Hills / Nichols Road / Cedar Grove /

) * Route 442 (

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/ Cedar Grove / Palomino Hills / Whitney Drive / Garden View Road / Apple Valley Community Center / Evergreen Drive / Fairview Ridges Hospital /

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) * Route 447 (County Road 42 / Burnsville Center / Savage Park & Ride /

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) * Route 475 (Downtown Minneapolis / Lake Street I-35W Station / ''Cedar Grove'' / ''Minnesota Zoo'' /

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/ Stadium Village METRO Green Line LRT Station) * Route 477 (Downtown Minneapolis / ''Lake Street I-35W Station'' / ''Palomino Hills'' / 157th Street Station / Lakeville Cedar) * Route 480A ( St. Paul Union Depot /

/ ''Palomino Hills'' /

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External links

Transit Stations/Park & Ride - MVTA
Bus stations in Minnesota {{Minnesota-transport-stub

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