Union Station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[2] This below-grade station is located partially within the former baggage tunnel beneath historic St. Louis Union Station near 18th Street at its intersection with Clark Avenue.[3]
Union Station | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Union Station platform, as seen from above | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 300 South 18th Street St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′36″N 90°12′25″W / 38.626621°N 90.206846°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Below-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,142 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 14 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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Station layout
editThe station is located at the east portal of the Union Station Tunnel.[4] Its platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase from the west within the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the east embankment.
| G | Street level | Entrance/exit |
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Grand) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Grand) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Civic Center) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Civic Center) → | |
Public artwork
editIn 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Spring Forth by Jim Gallucci for this station. The stainless steel sculpture depicts fantastical plant forms that leap and arch from the grassy embankment, celebrating the vitality that the MetroLink system brings to the St. Louis area.[5]
Notable places nearby
edit- Brickline Greenway
- Energizer Park, home of St. Louis City SC
- Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues
- Gateway Mall
- St. Louis Union Station, home of the St. Louis Aquarium
- Stifel Theatre
References
edit- ^ Lindecke, Fred W. (August 1, 1993). "Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 1A, 6A. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Union Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "nycsubway.org: St. Louis, Missouri". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan" (PDF). East-West Gateway Council of Governments. March 31, 2022. p. 136. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Spring Forth". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.