Dale Street station

Light rail station in Saint Paul, Minnesota

44°57′21″N 93°07′35″W / 44.95583°N 93.12639°W / 44.95583; -93.12639Owned byMetro TransitPlatforms2 split side platformsTracks2Connections

Metro Transit: 65ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeBicycle facilitiesNice Ride stationAccessibleYesHistoryOpenedJune 14, 2014 (2014-06-14)Passengers20231,163 daily^[1]

25.7%Rank21 out of 37 Services

Preceding station	Metro			Following station
Victoria Street toward Target Field		Green Line		Western Avenue toward Saint Paul Union Depot

Location

Dale Street station is a light rail station along the Metro Green Line in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is located along University Avenue on both sides of the intersection with Dale Street. The station has split side platforms, with the westbound platform on the north side of the tracks west of Dale and the eastbound platform on the south side of the tracks east of Dale.^[2]

Construction in this area was expected to begin in 2012.^[3] The station opened along with the rest of the line in 2014.

The station is located on the edge of the Frogtown and Summit-University neighborhoods. In the southwest corner of the intersection is the Rondo Community Outreach Library, which opened in 2006 on the site that formerly held the Faust Theatre. After several decades of traditional operation, the Faust Theatre began showing X-Rated films before being shut down in the 1980s.^[4] The northwest corner was redeveloped and opened in 2021 as Frogtown Crossroads with space for affordable housing, offices, and business incubator spaces.^[5]^[6] The northeast corner was developed into a mixed-use building with commercial spaces on the first floor and senior housing above it in 2011 as Frogtown Square.^[7] In the southeast corner is Unidale Mall.

References

^ "Transit Stops Boardings and Alightings - Minnesota Geospatial Commons". gisdata.mn.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
^ "Central Corridor light rail illustrated plans". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
^ "Central Corridor LRT construction schedule at a glance". Central Corridor. Metropolitan Council. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
^ Yuen, Laura (November 15, 2012). "New film remembers University Avenue's glory days -- and looks to its future". MPR News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Jackson, Zoë (May 26, 2021). "First Black-owned coffee shop opening in St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood". Star Tribune. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "Frogtown Crossroads". NDC. Neighborhood Development Center. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Mel, Frederick (13 August 2014). "At University and Dale, five-story biz/residential complex proposed". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 21 January 2022.