Minnesota Avenue station

Minnesota Avenue
General information
Location	4000 Minnesota Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C.
Owned by	WMATA
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: U4, U5, U6, U7, V2, V4, V7, V8, X2, X3, X9 Anacostia Riverwalk Trail
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	333 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 8 racks and 4 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	D09
History
Opened	November 20, 1978 (November 20, 1978)
Passengers
2022	394 daily
Rank	87th
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Stadium–Armory toward Vienna Orange Line Deanwood toward New Carrollton
Location

Minnesota Avenue 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). Providing service for the Orange Line, the station is the last station East Of The River, and the last above ground station for westbound trains until East Falls Church; west of the station, trains cross over the Anacostia River, then 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. Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km) of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover, and New Carrollton stations.

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. 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.

Station layout

P Platform level	Track 5	→ Landover Subdivision
	Track 4	→ Landover Subdivision
	Westbound	← toward Vienna/Fairfax–GMU (Stadium–Armory)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward New Carrollton (Deanwood) →
	Track 3	→ Alexandria Extension
	Track 2	→ Alexandria Extension
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket machines, station agent

External links

• Media related to Minnesota Avenue (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA Minnesota Avenue station page

• Kenilworth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Minnesota Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View