Owned by WMATA Structure type Surface Opened 20 November 1978 Tracks 2 | Parking 333 spaces Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location 4000 Minnesota Avenue NEWashington, DC 20019 Address Washington, DC 20019, United States Similar Benning Road station, Deanwood station, Stadium–Armory station, Potomac Avenue station, Cheverly 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 November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
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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.