Union Station (MetroLink)

Station in St. Louis MetroLink light rail system, Missouri, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Union Station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[3] 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.[4]

Location300 South 18th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38.626621°N 90.206846°W / 38.626621; -90.206846
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Union Station
Union Station platform
General information
Location300 South 18th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38.626621°N 90.206846°W / 38.626621; -90.206846
OwnerBi-State Development
OperatorMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MetroBus Missouri: 11[1]
Construction
Structure type
Below-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[2]
Passengers
20181,142 daily
Rank14 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Grand Blue Line Civic Center
Grand Red Line Civic Center
Location
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Station layout

The station is located at the east portal of the Union Station Tunnel.[5] Its platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase from the west within the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the north embankment.

Public artwork

In 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.[6]

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