VA Medical Center (Metro Transit Station)
VA Medical Center is a light rail station on the Hiawatha Line on Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. It is the twelfth stop southbound.
This station is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue with the entrance to the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. This is a center-platform station. Service began at this station when the Hiawatha Line opened on June 26, 2004.
North of the station, between it and the 50th Street/Minnehaha Park Station, the Hiawatha Line leaves Minnesota State Highway 55 and travels down the center of Minnehaha Avenue for two blocks.
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