Fort Snelling station is a

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station on the Blue Line in the

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region of the U.S. state of

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, named after the nearby

Fort Snelling Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The military site was initially named Fort Saint An ...

historic fort structure. This station is located on Minnehaha Avenue, adjacent to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and diagonally across from a U.S. Army Reserve campus and the main entrance to an

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station. The station's layout has a center-platform design. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004. At that time, this was the southern terminus of the Blue Line. The remainder of the line, south of this station, opened on December 4, 2004. This station is the site of a large

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facility. There are two parking lots, making a total of about 975 spaces available to commuters. Just north of this station the Blue Line crosses the interchange of

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and

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on a flyover. Just south of this station, the line has a third track in the center which was used primarily for the LRVs to switch tracks when this station was the terminus of the line.

Notable places nearby

* Bishop Henry Whipple Federal ("GSA") Building *

historic fortification *

Fort Snelling State Park Fort Snelling State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. For many centuries, the area of the modern park has been of importance to the Mdewakanton Dakota people who con ...

* Campuses/facilities for the Minnesota

; the

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, the

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, and the Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Reserve.

References

External links

Metro Transit: Fort Snelling 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