Bloomington Central station is a light rail station on the METRO Blue Line in the Twin Cities region of the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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![]() Bloomington Central station in 2015 | |||||||||||
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Location | 8101 31st Avenue South | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°51′23″N 93°13′35″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
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Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | None | ||||||||||
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Parking | No | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | December 4, 2004 | ||||||||||
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The area surrounding the station was formerly the headquarters of Control Data Corporation.[1] The company's largest office tower still remains and is now the headquarters of HealthPartners.[2]
Immediately to the east of HealthPartners is The Reflections Condominiums, two 17-story residential towers with over 260 dwelling units between them.[3] The Reflections towers were developed by McGough Development and the remainder of the land is now being redeveloped by same as a transit-oriented development including residential dwellings, a hotel, office, and retail space.
The platform of Bloomington Central Station has the first 17 Fibonacci numbers written in binary using different colored bricks.
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