Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market and 7th Street & Olson/5th Avenue station

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Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market
7th Street & Olson/5th Avenue
Metro Minnesota icon.svg Metro light rail and bus rapid transit station
Olson and 7th St Station looking down 7th St - August 2022.jpg
General information
Coordinates 44°58′53″N93°16′59″W / 44.981297°N 93.282990°W / 44.981297; -93.282990
Owned by Metro Transit
Metropolitan Council
Line(s) Metro Minnesota icon.svg   Southwest LRT   (2027)
Metro Minnesota icon.svg   C Line  
Metro Minnesota icon.svg   D Line  
Platforms Side platform (LRT)
Split side platform (BRT)
Tracks2
Connections5, 19, 22, 755
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 8, 2019 (BRT)
Previous namesOlson & 7th Street (2016–2022)
Services
Preceding station Metro Minnesota icon.svg Metro Following station
Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market
Bassett Creek Valley
toward SouthWest Station
Southwest LRT
(2027)
 Target Field
continues as Green Line
toward Union Depot
7th Street & Olson/5th
Olson & Bryant
toward Brooklyn Center
C Line Ramp A/7th Street Transit Center
toward 7th-8th Street & Park
7th Street & Bryant
toward Brooklyn Center
D Line Ramp A/7th Street Transit Center
toward Mall of America
Location
Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market and 7th Street & Olson/5th Avenue station

Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market (Royalston) and 7th Street & Olson/5th Avenue is a Metro station in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The light rail (LRT) stop, Royalston, is under construction as part of the Southwest LRT extension of the Green Line, anticipated to open 2027. [1] The bus rapid transit (BRT) stop, 7th Street & Olson/5th Avenue, is served by the C Line and then by the D Line beginning December 3, 2022.

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The station is located in Minneapolis's North Loop neighborhood, and provides access to the Minneapolis Farmers Market and the Metro Transit Campus, the eponymous agency's headquarters. The station is positioned east of I-94 and north of I-394.

History

The C Line station, with platforms located farside on 7th Street (southbound) and Olson Memorial Highway (northbound), opened late 2016 as part of the 7th Street Pilot Station Project. The shelters use the unified "kit-of-parts" design found across the A Line, also opened that same year, unlike the unique BRT shelters further south on 7th Street at Hennepin and Nicollet completed a year prior. The only modification needed before the launch of C Line service was the installation of ticket vending machines and Go-To card validators. [2]

The placement of the northbound C Line platform at the existing stop was to accommodate buses turning left from 7th Street onto Olson Highway, as a platform sited on 7th Street could not facilitate safe bus movements through the intersection. An alignment of the D Line that used this northbound platform was studied, but ultimately not pursued after field tests. In testing, additional movements resulted in delays averaging two minutes with a high variability, and could exceed four minutes. Instead, a platform farside of 5th Avenue was chosen. [3] Design and construction of the 5th Avenue platform was coordinated and funded as part of the Southwest LRT project rather than the D Line project. Work began on the 5th Avenue platform the week of July 18, 2022. [4] Southbound the D Line shares the existing C Line platform.

The station opened as Olson & 7th Street and will be renamed when the additional platform is complete.

Southwest LRT station

The future Green Line Extension Royalston Ave/Farmers Market Station under construction in November 2023 Royalston Ave Farmers Market Station November 2023.jpg
The future Green Line Extension Royalston Ave/Farmers Market Station under construction in November 2023

The station had the lowest predicted 2030 ridership from projections in 2014. [5] [6] Cutting the station was considered to save costs in 2015. [7] The area was considered for a new Minnesota United FC stadium [8] but Allianz Field was ultimately built in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul. The Metropolitan Council sought archaeological services for sites nearby the station in 2017. [9] The station was renamed from Royalston Station to "Royalston Ave./Farmers Market" in 2016. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market Station". Metropolitan Council. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Station Plan: Olson & 7th Street" (PDF). metrotransit.org. Metro Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "7th Street and Olson-5th". metrotransit.org. Metro Transit. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "METRO D Line Construction Update- 7/29/22" (Press release). Metropolitan Council. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Yuen, Laura (May 16, 2014). "A stop-by-stop look at Southwest LRT". MPR News. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Roper, Eric (July 31, 2014). "Ridership projections reveal tricky calculus for transit planners". Star Tribune. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Gilbert, Curtis (May 20, 2015). "Officials balk at potential Southwest light rail cuts". MPR News. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Weinmann, Karlee (31 August 2015). "Option on soccer stadium site expires | Finance & Commerce". Finance & Commerce . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Brian (15 May 2017). "Archaeological services sought for Southwest light rail station | Finance & Commerce". Finance & Commerce . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  10. ↑ Bitters, Janice (9 February 2016). "Two cities to help pay for extras on Southwest LRT line | Finance & Commerce". Finance & Commerce . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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