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East Riverfront station
East Riverfront is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[2] This elevated station was built on a reconstructed viaduct east of the historic Eads Bridge near the East St. Louis, Illinois riverfront. The station is popular with Illinois commuters and has a park and ride lot with 295 spaces. HistoryEast Riverfront is the westernmost station in Illinois, located on the lower deck of the Eads Bridge before crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri. Although located along the original section of MetroLink that opened in 1993, East Riverfront staion opened about nine months later, on May 14, 1994.[3] In January 2023, Metro announced that East Riverfront would temporarily close at the end of the month to accommodate platform rehabilitation and staircase replacement with the station reopening on May 29, 2023.[4][5] Station layoutThe platforms are accessed from Front Street via a set of stairs and an elevator on either side of the Eads Bridge. The eastbound platform can also be accessed via a ramp from the upper-level pedestrian walkway on the south edge of the bridge.
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