Dale Street station is a
light rail station along the
Metro
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in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississip ...
. It is located along
University Avenue on both sides of the intersection with Dale Street. The station has split side platforms, with the westbound platform on the north side of the tracks west of Dale and the eastbound platform on the south side of the tracks east of Dale.
Construction in this area was expected to begin in 2012. The station opened along with the rest of the line in 2014.
The station is located on the edge of the
Frogtown
Frogtown is a neighborhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul in the United States, U.S. state of Minnesota. Built around University Avenue (Minneapolis-St. Paul), University Avenue, the Thomas-Dale neighborhood is colloquially known as Frogt ...
and
Summit-University neighborhoods. In the southwest corner of the intersection is the
Rondo Community Outreach Library, which opened in 2006 on the site that formerly held the Faust Theatre. After several decades of traditional operation, the Faust Theatre began showing X-Rated films before being shut down in the 1980s. The northwest corner was redeveloped and opened in 2021 as Frogtown Crossroads with space for affordable housing, offices, and business incubator spaces. The northeast corner was developed into a mixed-use building with commercial spaces on the first floor and senior housing above it in 2011 as Frogtown Square.
In the southeast corner is
Unidale Mall.
References
External links
Metro Transit: Dale Street Station
Metro Green Line (Minnesota) stations in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2014
2014 establishments in Minnesota
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