Minnesota Avenue station
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 20 November 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
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 20 November 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]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ←  toward Vienna (Stadium – Armory)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | → toward New Carrollton (Deanwood) →
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| M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
References
- ^ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b Feaver, Douglas B. (12 November 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post, p. C1
- ^ a b Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (18 November 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
- ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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External links
Media related to Minnesota Avenue (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- WMATA: Minnesota Avenue Station
- StationMasters Online: Minnesota Avenue Station
- Kenilworth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Minnesota Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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