Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station (also known as JJK Center) is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[4] This at-grade station is adjacent to the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center and just north of Interstate 64's exit 4B (25th Street) in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Ctr. | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Other names | JJK Center | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 1003 North 25th Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′24″N 90°07′28″W / 38.6232°N 90.1244°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 4[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus Illinois: 6, 9[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 462 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 32 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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This station has no park and ride lot but does feature a kiss and ride turnaround.
Station layout
editThe island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area. There is also a set of stairs from the bus loop down an embankment to 25th Street.
| Street level | Entrance/exit, bus bays, kiss and ride | |
| Platform level | Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Emerson Park) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Emerson Park) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Washington Park) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Washington Park) → | |
Notable places nearby
edit- Jones Park
References
edit- ^ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 15. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ "Illinois System Map" (Map). Metro Transit. April 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "JJK Center Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
