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46th Street (Hiawatha Line station)
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46th Street is a light rail
station on the Hiawatha Line
in Minneapolis
, Minnesota
. It is the tenth stop southbound.
This station is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of 46th Street and Minnesota State Highway 55
(Hiawatha Avenue), in the Ericsson neighborhood. This is a side-platform station. Service began at this station when the Hiawatha Line opened on June 26, 2004.
46th Street station is the main bus
interchange on the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis. Buses serving South Minneapolis and St. Paul connect with the line at this station
.
and 446
.
Light rail
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station on the Hiawatha Line
Hiawatha Line
The Hiawatha Line is a light rail corridor in Hennepin County, Minnesota that extends from downtown Minneapolis to the southern suburb of Bloomington. It was formerly known as the Hiawatha Line named after Hiawatha Avenue. Major connections on the line include the Minneapolis-St...
in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. It is the tenth stop southbound.
This station is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of 46th Street and Minnesota State Highway 55
Minnesota State Highway 55
Minnesota State Highway 55 is a highway in west-central, central, and east-central Minnesota, which runs from the North Dakota state line near Tenney and continues east and southeast to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S...
(Hiawatha Avenue), in the Ericsson neighborhood. This is a side-platform station. Service began at this station when the Hiawatha Line opened on June 26, 2004.
46th Street station is the main bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
interchange on the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis. Buses serving South Minneapolis and St. Paul connect with the line at this station
Bus station
A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...
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Bus connections
From 46th Street station there are direct bus connections to routes 7, 9, 46, 74, 84, and MVTA routes 436Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority is a public transportation agency that provides fixed-route and demand-responsive bus services to several communities in the southern portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The service area currently includes the cities of Apple Valley,...
and 446
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority is a public transportation agency that provides fixed-route and demand-responsive bus services to several communities in the southern portion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The service area currently includes the cities of Apple Valley,...
.
Notable places nearby
- Minnehaha, Ericsson, and Hiawatha neighborhoods
- A solar-powered carsharing operated by HOURCAR is located at the station.