8th Street & Hennepin Station
8th Street & Hennepin - Station Plan PDF
| Station Consideration |
Planned Condition* |
Intersection
location |
8th Street & Hennepin |
| Platform location |
Southbound: Nearside of Hennepin Avenue
Farside not technically feasible; nearside platform design to be coordinated with the planned Hennepin Avenue reconstruction project, led by the City of Minneapolis.
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The City of Minneapolis is planning to reconstruct Hennepin Avenue in 2020. Preliminary platform concepts have been explored with the City of Minneapolis and will help inform a final design.
*Final conditions to be developed during the engineering/design process.
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| Station Consideration |
Planned Condition* |
| Station spacing |
Downtown's very high ridership, many dense destinations, and unique land uses result in closer station spacing than on most of the corridor. Ramp A/7th Street Transit Center and 8th Street & Nicollet are less than 0.2 mi from 8th Street & Hennepin.
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Existing ridership within
a block, or about 1/8 mile
(Fall 2016) |
About 2,170 boardings per weekday
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Platform location compared
to existing bus stop |
Southbound: At existing bus stop |
| Connecting service |
Connections to many routes; including high frequency Route 6 and the planned C Line. |
| Parking changes |
Southbound: No parking changes
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| Station Consideration |
Planned Condition* |
| Curb configuration |
Southbound: To be determined
Curb configuration dependent upon coordination with the Hennepin Avenue reconstruction project.
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| Platform length |
Southbound: To be determined
Platform length dependent upon coordination with the Hennepin Avenue reconstruction project.
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Project coordination: Hennepin Avenue reconstruction
The City of Minneapolis is planning to reconstruct Hennepin Avenue from Washington to 12th Street in 2020. The design and construction of the 8th Street & Hennepin platform will be coordinated with this reconstruction project to the extent possible.