Rock Road station

Rock Road
Rock Road station
General information
Location	7019 St. Charles Rock Road Pagedale, Missouri
Coordinates	38.685215°N 90.301411°W / 38.685215; -90.301411
Owned by	Bi-State Development
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus stands	6[1]
Connections	MetroBus Missouri: 2, 19, 32, 35, 64[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	191 spaces[3]
Bicycle facilities	St. Vincent Greenway
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[4]
Rebuilt	2024
Passengers
2018	1,408 daily
Rank	9 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station UMSL–South toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Wellston toward Shiloh–Scott
Location

Rock Road station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[5] This at-grade station primarily serves commuters with a large MetroBus transfer and 191 park and ride spaces located in Pagedale, Missouri. The station's name comes from nearby St. Charles Rock Road, an important east–west artery in St. Louis County.

In 2023, Great Rivers Greenway completed a .83-mile (1.3 km) extension to the St. Vincent Greenway between this station and St. Vincent County Park. The greenway parallels St. Charles Rock Road and was built in conjunction with improvements to that corridor by the Missouri Department of Transportation.[6]

In April 2024, Metro announced a platform improvement project at Rock Road. Both platforms were repaired and resurfaced with the work lasting about four weeks.[7]

Station layout

The eastbound platform is accessed via stairs and a ramp from the bus boarding area. The westbound platform is accessed via a ramp after crossing both tracks.

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound	←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (UMSL–South)
Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Wellston) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street	Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride lot

Public artwork

In 2010, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Honey, Where’s my Metro Pass? by Nick Lang and Thad Duhigg for this station. Some of Lang's students visited the Rock Road location and noted the common objects used by commuters. After documenting these visits, the students created maquettes that laid the groundwork for the sculpture. The artists expanded on the students’ ideas and fabricated this sculpture, which depicts the contents of an average Metro rider’s pockets at a very large scale.[8]

Notable places nearby

• Normandy High School
• St. Vincent Greenway

References

1. "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 21. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
2. "Missouri System Map" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit. November 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
3. "System Addresses". Metro Transit. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
4. 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.
5. "Rock Road Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
6. "St. Vincent Greenway: St. Charles Rock Road to St. Vincent County Park". Great Rivers Greenway. January 31, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
7. Thomas, Jasmine (April 12, 2024). "Platform Improvement Project at Rock Road MetroLink Station to Begin at Monday, April 15". Metro Transit – Saint Louis. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
8. "Honey, Where's my Metro Pass?". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

External links

• St. Louis Metro