Snelling Avenue Snelling & University | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Snelling Avenue station platform in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1572 University Avenue West (Eastbound) 1595 University Avenue West (Westbound) Saint Paul, Minnesota | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°57′20″N 93°10′01″W / 44.95556°N 93.16694°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 split side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Metro Transit: 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Nice Ride station | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 14, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1,697 daily[1]  33.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 10 out of 37 | |||||||||||||||
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Snelling Avenue station is a light rail station along the Metro Green Line in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is located along University Avenue on either side of the intersection with Snelling Avenue. The station has split side platforms, with the westbound platform on the north side of the tracks west of Snelling and the eastbound platform on the south side of the tracks east of the intersection.[2]
This station serves the Snelling and University Avenues intersection. The Minnesota Department of Transportation counts 48,550 average daily motor vehicle volume, which is not in the 25 most-trafficked intersections in Minnesota.[3] But urban historian Larry Millett calculated around 64,000 daily cars; he believes that Snelling and University is the busiest in the state.[4]
Construction in this area began in 2011.[5] The station opened along with the rest of the line in 2014.
Allianz Field opened in 2019 on the southeast corner of University and Snelling Avenues. The Snelling Avenue light rail station serves the new soccer stadium.[6] The Spruce Tree Centre building visually towers over the intersection.[7][8] Other notable features near the station include Ax-Man Surplus and the Turf Club.
- ^ "Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons". gisdata.mn.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Minnesota's 10 Busiest Intersections". streets.mn. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press, p. 502, 505. ISBN 0-87351-540-4
- ^ "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.
- ^ Melo, Frederick (February 18, 2016). "Midway-Snelling site plan outlines movie theater, hotel, stadium, park plaza". Pioneer Press. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ Melo, Frederick (25 January 2015). "St. Paul's Spruce Tree Centre undergoing $1.4M renovation". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Jacobson, Don (January 8, 2015). "Green Line brings changes to green-tiled Spruce Tree Center". Star Tribune. Retrieved 10 May 2024.