46th Street station 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.

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46th Street
46th Street station southbound platform
General information
Location	3660 46th Street East Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°55′15″N 93°13′12″W
Owned by	Metro Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metro Transit: 7, 9, 46, 74 MVTA: 436, 446
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26)
Services
Preceding station Metro Following station 38th Street toward Target Field Blue Line 50th Street/Minnehaha Park toward Mall of America Terminus A Line 46th Street & Minnehaha toward Rosedale
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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.^[1]

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.^[2] HOURCAR, a local carsharing program, has a solar-powered charging station at 46th Street for the organization's fleet of plug-in Toyota Priuses.^[3] The Hiawatha LRT Trail, which runs along much of the METRO Blue Line route, provides connection for bicyclists to reach East Minnehaha Parkway and Minnehaha Park.