Bloomington Central (Metro Transit station)

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Bloomington Central
Station statistics
Address	8101 31st Avenue South
Lines	Hiawatha Line
Connections	None
Other information
Opened	December 4, 2004
Accessible
Owned by	Metro Transit

The Bloomington Central light rail station is on the Hiawatha Line in the Twin Cities region of U.S. state of Minnesota. This is the fourteenth stop southbound.

The area surrounding the station was formerly the headquarters of Control Data Corporation. The largest office tower still remains and is now the headquarters of HealthPartners. Immediately to the east of HealthPartners is The Reflections Condominums, two 17-story residential towers with over 260 dwelling units between them. The Reflections towers were developed by McGough Development and the remainder of the land is now being redeveloped by same as a transit-oriented development including residential dwellings, a hotel, office, and retail space.

The platform of Bloomington Central Station has the first 17 Fibonacci numbers written in binary using different colored bricks.

[edit] External links

• Metropolitan Council - Bloomington Central Station
• City of Bloomington - Bloomington Central Station development

• Bloomington Central (Metro Transit station) is at coordinates 44°51′23″N 93°13′35″W / 44.8564, -93.2263 (Bloomington Central (Metro Transit station))Coordinates: 44°51′23″N 93°13′35″W / 44.8564, -93.2263 (Bloomington Central (Metro Transit station))

Preceding station		Metro Transit		Following station
Airport-Humphrey Terminal toward Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue		Hiawatha Line		28th Avenue toward Mall of America