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). Providing service for the Orange Line, the station is the last station East Of The River, and the last above ground station for westbound trains until East Falls Church; west of the station, trains cross over the Anacostia River, then curve over RFK Stadium parking lots before descending underground.
Minnesota Avenue | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 4000 Minnesota Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||
Owned by | WMATA | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||
Parking | 333 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 8 racks, 4 lockers | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | D09 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 20, 1978; 43 years ago (November 20, 1978) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2021 | 660 daily[1] (74th) | ||||||||||
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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.
The station opened on November 20, 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]
In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[5] New Carrollton station was closed from May 28, 2022, through September 5, 2022, as part of the summer platform improvement project, which also is affecting the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses were free parking are provided at the closed stations.[6]
P Platform level |
Track 5 | → Landover Subdivision |
Track 4 | → Landover Subdivision | |
Westbound | ← ![]() | |
Island platform | ||
Eastbound | → ![]() | |
Track 3 | → Alexandria Extension | |
Track 2 | → Alexandria Extension | |
G | Street level | Exit/entrance, buses |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, ticket machines, station agent |
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