Minnesota Avenue station

Minnesota Avenue
General information
Location4000 Minnesota Avenue NE
Washington, D.C.
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking333 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 8 racks and 4 lockers
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeD09
History
OpenedNovember 20, 1978; 46 years ago (November 20, 1978)
Passengers
2023859 daily[1]
Rank86 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Stadium–Armory
toward Vienna
 Orange Line Deanwood
toward New Carrollton
Former services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Stadium-Armory
toward Huntington
 Blue Line Deanwood
toward New Carrollton
Location
Map

Minnesota Avenue station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Central Northeast/Mahaning Heights neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

On the Orange Line's westbound service, Minnesota Ave is the last station before crossing the Anacostia River, as well as the last above-ground station until East Falls Church in Virginia. West of the station, trains curve over RFK Stadium parking lots before descending underground.

Location

Minnesota Avenue station is located between Kenilworth Avenue and Minnesota Avenue, at Grant Street, immediately east of the CSX Landover Subdivision rail bed. The station is an east-Washington commuter station with a small parking lot and many Metrobuses serving the east side of the city from here. It is also southwest of the historic western terminus of the Chesapeake Beach Railway.

History

The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover, and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[5] New Carrollton station was closed from May 28, 2022, through September 5, 2022, as part of the summer platform improvement project, which also affected the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations.[6]

On September 10, 2022, Blue Line trains started serving the station due to the 14th Street bridge shutdown as a part of the Blue Plus service.[7] The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978). "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway". The Washington Post. p. C1.
  3. ^ a b Eisen, Jack; Feinstein, John (November 18, 1978). "City-County Fanfare Opens Orange Line". The Washington Post. p. D1.
  4. ^ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  5. ^ Siddiqui, Faiz (May 7, 2018). "Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Final phase of Metro's multi-year Platform Improvement Project begins this weekend, closing five Orange Line stations". WMATA. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Metro announces travel alternatives for major Blue and Yellow Line construction this fall". Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback". WJLA-TV. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

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