Victoria Street station (Metro Transit)
Victoria Street | |||||||||||
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 Metro light rail station | |||||||||||
 Victoria Street station looking southwest | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 44°57′20.7″N 93°8′11.32″W / 44.955750°N 93.1364778°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | Split side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | 16[1] | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 14, 2014 | ||||||||||
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| projected 2030 | 400 per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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Victoria Street station is a light rail stop on the Metro Green Line along University Avenue on both sides of the intersection with Victoria Street in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The station has split side platforms, with the westbound platform on the north side of the tracks west of Victoria and the eastbound platform on the south side of the tracks east of the intersection.[2]
Along with Hamline Avenue Station and Western Avenue Station, this station was planned to be an infill station that would be built after the main line was constructed when there was sufficient demand. However, significant political pressure and changes in the Federal Transit Administration's rules led to an early 2010 announcement that it would be built with the rest of the line.[3]
Construction in this area began in 2012.[4] The station opened along with the rest of the line in 2014.
References
- ^ a b "Victoria Street Station". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Central Corridor light rail illustrated plans". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ "FY 2009 New Starts and Small Starts Evaluation and Rating Process". Federal Transit Administration. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-02-02.; "New rail line to get 3 added St. Paul stations". StarTribune. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-02-02. [dead link]
- ^ "Central Corridor LRT construction schedule at a glance". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
