30th Avenue station (Metro Transit)

{{short description|Light rail station in Bloomington, Minnesota}}

{{Redirect|28th Avenue|the road|List of Brooklyn thoroughfares#Numbered Avenues}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = 30th Avenue

| style = Metro (Minnesota)

| image = 28th Avenue station, January 2015.jpg

| caption = Station platform in 2015

| address = 8100 30th Avenue South

| borough = Bloomington, Minnesota

| coordinates = {{coord|44.8558|N|93.2316|W|format=dms|region:US-MN_scale:10000_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Metro Transit

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{bus icon}} Metro Transit: 54, 444, 495, 538, 539

| structure = At-grade

| parking = 1,443 spaces

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{Start date|2004|12|04}}

| former = 28th Avenue (before June 11, 2022)

| passengers = 265 daily{{Cite web |title=Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons |url=https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/us-mn-state-metc-trans-stop-boardings-alightings |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=gisdata.mn.gov |language=en-US}}

| pass_year = 2024

| pass_percent = -5.0

| pass_rank = 35 out of 37

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Metro (Minnesota)|line=Blue|left=Mall of America|right=Bloomington Central|to-left=Mall of America|to-right=Target Field}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Metro (Minnesota)|line=red|note-mid1=Drop-off only|left=Mall of America|right=Cedar Grove|oneway-right=yes}}

| other_services2_header = Future services

| other_services2_collapsible = yes

| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Metro (Minnesota)|line=riverview|left=Mall of America|right=American Boulevard|note-row=Intermediate stations to be determined}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#0053a0 |zoom=15 }}

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30th Avenue station is a light rail and bus station on the Blue Line{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrotransit.org/28th-avenue-station|title=28th Avenue Station - Metro Transit|website=www.metrotransit.org|access-date=2019-04-29}} in the Twin Cities region of the U.S. state of Minnesota.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapquest.com/directions/to/us/minnesota/28th-avenue-station-303181145|title=Driving Directions to [5544 - 5598] 30th Ave S Minneapolis, MN & Road Conditions - MapQuest|website=www.mapquest.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-29}} The station opened with the second phase of the Hiawatha Line on December 4, 2004. It has a 1,585-space park and ride facility.{{cite web |last1=Hinklin |first1=Riley |title=2022 Annual Regional Park & Ride System Report |url=https://metrocouncil.org/Transportation/Publications-And-Resources/Transit/Park-and-ride/2022-Annual-Regional-Park-and-Ride-System-Report.aspx |website=metrocouncil.org |publisher=Metro Transit Engineering and Facilities, Planning and Urban Design |access-date=22 November 2023 |date=January 2023}} The south parking lot was closed for construction of a 1,443 space parking ramp, which opened in Fall 2008.

Red Line began to serve the station on June 22, 2013, going northbound only. Red Line service to 30th Avenue ended on May 19, 2017.

Because it was deliberately made difficult for drivers to park at the Mall of America and then ride light rail, this is an easy alternative. It is only about two blocks from the Mall of America and is much more convenient for drivers to park and ride.

The station was originally 28th Avenue station and was renamed to the adjacent 30th Avenue in summer 2022 when 28th Avenue was renamed to Winstead Way in honor of former Bloomington mayor, Gene Winstead.{{cite web |title=28th Ave. Station is being renamed |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/28th-ave-station-is-being-renamed |website=metrotransit.org |publisher=Metro Transit |access-date=22 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525203711mp_/https://www.metrotransit.org/28th-ave-station-is-being-renamed |archive-date=25 May 2022}} The cost to change the station name is estimated to be $15,000.{{cite news |last1=Hanks |first1=Mike |title=South Loop Street to be named in honor of former mayor |url=https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/bloomington/south-loop-street-to-be-named-in-honor-of-former-mayor/article_db574a68-7322-11ec-86fa-37f07f94170b.html |access-date= January 13, 2022 |work=Sun Current |publisher=Adams Publishing Group|date=January 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113212757/https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/community/bloomington/south-loop-street-to-be-named-in-honor-of-former-mayor/article_db574a68-7322-11ec-86fa-37f07f94170b.html|archive-date=January 13, 2022}}