List of MetroLink (St. Louis) stations

MetroLink is a light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area in the United States. The system is operated by the Bi-State Development Agency, which since 2003 has done business as Metro.[1] With an average weekday ridership of 56,900 in 2014, MetroLink is the twelfth-busiest light rail system in the United States.[2]

MetroLink system map

  Red Line

  Blue Line

The system currently has 38 stations; 13 are served only by the Red Line, nine only by the Blue Line, and the other 16 by both lines. Thirteen stations are located in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; 14 in St. Louis County, Missouri; and 11 in St. Clair County, Illinois.[3] Central West End is the busiest station by daily ridership, Sunnen the least busy.[4]

MetroLink began service on July 31, 1993, on the Red Line segment from North Hanley station to 5th & Missouri station.[5] An infill station at East Riverfront and an extension to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport opened in 1994, followed by a second station at the airport in 1998.[6][7][8] Since then, the system has had two major expansions. The first expansion, the St. Clair County Extension, extended the Red Line to Belleville, Illinois, in 2001 and to Scott Air Force Base two years later.[9][10] The second major expansion, the Cross County Extension, was completed in 2006, adding the Blue Line branch from Forest Park–DeBaliviere station to Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 station via Clayton, Missouri.[11] An additional infill station, Cortex station, opened in 2018, next to the Cortex Innovation Community.[12]

Stations

*	Official transfer stations
†	Terminals

Station platform of the Lambert Airport Main station at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

West side view of the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 station

Station platform of the Civic Center station (I-64 can be seen in the background)

An entrance to the westbound platform for the 8th & Pine subway station

Station platform of the East Riverfront station located on the Illinois side of the Eads Bridge

Station	Lines	City[3]	Opened	Weekday ridership (FY2011)[4]
5th & Missouri	Red   Blue	East St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,840
8th & Pine	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,900
Belleville	Red	Belleville	May 5, 2001[9]	680
Brentwood I-64	Blue	Brentwood	August 26, 2006[11]	910
Central West End	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	5,440
Civic Center	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	3,100
Clayton	Blue	Clayton	August 26, 2006[11]	880
College	Red	Belleville	May 5, 2001[9]	860
Convention Center	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,600
Cortex	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 2018[12]	N/A
Delmar Loop	Red	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,940
East Riverfront	Red   Blue	East St. Louis	May 14, 1994[6]	730
Emerson Park	Red   Blue	East St. Louis	May 5, 2001[9]	880
Fairview Heights†	Red   Blue	Fairview Heights	May 5, 2001[9]	1,930
Forest Park–DeBaliviere*	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	3,980
Forsyth	Blue	University City	August 26, 2006[11]	390
Grand	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	3,010
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center	Red   Blue	East St. Louis	May 5, 2001[9]	480
Laclede's Landing	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,050
Lambert Airport Terminal 1†	Red	St. Louis	June 25, 1994[7]	1,490
Lambert Airport Terminal 2	Red	St. Louis	December 23, 1998[8]	440
Maplewood–Manchester	Blue	Maplewood	August 26, 2006[11]	670
Memorial Hospital	Red	Belleville	May 5, 2001[9]	410
North Hanley	Red	Berkeley	July 31, 1993[5]	3,350
Richmond Heights	Blue	Richmond Heights	August 26, 2006[11]	660
Rock Road	Red	Pagedale	July 31, 1993[5]	1,620
Shiloh–Scott†	Red	Shiloh	June 23, 2003[10]	810
Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44†	Blue	St. Louis	August 26, 2006[11]	1,860
Skinker	Blue	St. Louis	August 26, 2006[11]	700
Stadium	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,290
Sunnen	Blue	Maplewood	August 26, 2006[11]	220
Swansea	Red	Swansea	May 5, 2001[9]	480
UMSL North	Red	Normandy	July 31, 1993[5]	640
UMSL South	Red	Normandy	July 31, 1993[5]	750
Union Station	Red   Blue	St. Louis	July 31, 1993[5]	1,620
University City–Big Bend	Blue	University City	August 26, 2006[11]	480
Washington Park	Red   Blue	Washington Park	May 5, 2001[9]	560
Wellston	Red	Wellston	July 31, 1993[5]	950

References

1. "Bi-State Development Agency Adopts 'Metro' As New Name" (PDF) (Press release). Bi-State Development Agency. January 24, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2006.
2. "Transit Ridership Report: Third Quarter 2014" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. December 10, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
3. "Station Area Profiles". Bi-State Development Agency. 2014. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
4. BAE Urban Economics (October 2012). "St. Louis MetroLink TOD Market Study" (PDF). East-West Gateway Transit Oriented Development Study. pp. 85–86. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
5. Hick, Virginia Baldwin; Franklin, Donald E. (August 3, 1993). "Riders Pack MetroLink on First Workday". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Questia.
6. Goodrich, Robert (April 27, 1994). "East St. Louis Starring in MetroLink". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Questia.
7. Tipton, Virgil (June 22, 1994). "Takeoff: MetroLink Opens Lambert Stop Saturday". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Questia.
8. "2nd MetroLink Station Opens at Lambert". St. Louis Business Journal. December 23, 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
9. Leiser, Ken (May 4, 2001). "Bi-State Braces for Big Weekend of Free Fares". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015 – via Highbeam Business.
10. "Shiloh-Scott MetroLink Station Grand Opening Today" (PDF) (Press release). Bi-State Development Agency. June 21, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2006.
11. "Metro Announces August 26 Grand Opening Date for Cross County MetroLink Extension" (PDF) (Press release). Bi-State Development Agency. August 7, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2007.
12. Llorico, Abby (July 31, 2018). "MetroLink gets creative in opening first new station in more than a decade". KSDK. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

External links

• MetroLink official website