46th Street (Metro Transit station)

46th Street
The southbound platform at the 46th Street Station.
Location	3660 46th Street East
Coordinates	44°55′15″N 93°13′12″W / 44.9207°N 93.2199°W / 44.9207; -93.2199Coordinates: 44°55′15″N 93°13′12″W / 44.9207°N 93.2199°W / 44.9207; -93.2199
Owned by	Metro Transit
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platforms
Connections	Metro Transit routes: A Line, 7, 9, 46 and 74 MVTA routes 436 and 446
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 26, 2004
Services
Preceding station   Metro Transit   Following station 38th Street toward Target Field Blue Line 50th Street/Minnehaha Park toward Mall of America Terminus Metro A Line (Minnesota) 46th Street & Minnehaha toward [[Template:S-line/Metro Transit right/Metro A Line (Minnesota) Station|Template:S-line/Metro Transit right/Metro A Line (Minnesota)]]

46th Street is a light rail station on the METRO Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.

46th Street Station is one of the main bus interchanges on the Blue Line in Minneapolis. Buses serving south Minneapolis and St. Paul serve the station's bus interchange. A bus rapid transit line, called the A Line, began operating on Snelling Avenue in June 2016, beginning its route at 46th Street Station; the line also connects to the Green Line at Snelling Avenue and University Avenue.

From 46th Street Station there are direct bus connections to the A Line and routes 7, 9, 46 and 74, and Minnesota Valley Transit Authority routes 436 and 446. HourCar, a local carsharing program, has a solar-powered charging station at 46th Street for the organization's fleet of plug-in Toyota Priuses.