VA Medical Center station is a light rail station on the Blue Line on Fort Snelling in the

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. This station is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue with the entrance to the Minneapolis VAHCS Medical Center. A center-platform station, it entered service when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004. North of the station, between it and the

50th Street/Minnehaha Park Station 50th Street/Minnehaha Park is a light rail station on the Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. This station is located on the southwest corner on the intersection of 50th Street with Minnesota State Highway 55 (Hiawatha Avenue), ...

, the Blue Line leaves

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and travels down the center of Minnehaha Avenue for two blocks.

Bus connections

From the station, there are direct bus connections to routes 22, 440 and 515.

Notable places nearby

* Minneapolis VAHCS Medical Center * Minnehaha and Morris Park neighborhoods

References

External links

Metro Transit: VA Medical Center Station
{{Minnesota Metro stations navbox Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Minnesota Metro Blue Line (Minnesota) stations in Hennepin County, Minnesota