Union Station (MetroLink)

This article is about the light rail station in St. Louis, Missouri. For the station on the Metrolink commuter rail system in Southern California, see Union Station (Los Angeles).
Union Station
Union Station platform, as seen from above
General information
Location300 South 18th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′36″N 90°12′25″W / 38.626621°N 90.206846°W / 38.626621; -90.206846
Owned byBi-State Development
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[1]
Passengers
20181,142 daily
Rank14 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Grand
toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44
 Blue Line Civic Center
toward Fairview Heights
Grand
toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1
 Red Line Civic Center
toward Shiloh–Scott
Location
Map

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]

Station layout

The 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

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.[5]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ 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. Free access icon
  2. ^ "Union Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "nycsubway.org: St. Louis, Missouri". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Spring Forth". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.