Emerson Park station (MetroLink)
Emerson Park | ||||||||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 929 North 15th Street East St. Louis, Illinois 62205 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′44″N 90°08′13″W / 38.628781°N 90.136856°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus IL: 6, 7, 8, 9 MCT Bus: 5, 18, 20X | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 841 spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,094 | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 15 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Emerson Park is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] This station is a major transfer for MetroBus and Madison County Transit and features 816 park and ride spaces and 25 long-term spaces. There is a pedestrian bridge that connects the station area to the other side of nearby Interstate 64 in addition to a small retail building in the passenger plaza with four storefronts.
In 2014, a transit-oriented development called Jazz at Walter Circle opened adjacent to this station. The 74-unit mixed-use apartment building offers more than 100,000 square feet of floor space and includes a full service grocery store.[3]
In 2021, Citizens for Modern Transit, the St. Clair County Transit District, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit unveiled the “Transit Stop Transformation” project at the Emerson Park Transit Center. The team overseeing this project converted the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance into an interactive and engaging space that boasts a vibrant-colored jazz theme, spaces to gather, greenery, shaded seating, canopies, and a mural inspired by design concepts that were submitted by East St. Louis High School students.[4]
In 2022, the St. Clair County Transit District awarded a $13.5 million dollar contract to construct a new public safety center at the Emerson Park Transit Center. The new center will house office space for St. Clair County MetroLink Sheriff’s Deputies, a Metro Transit Operational Control Center and the St. Clair County CENCOM West 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch Center. It is expected to open in 2024.[5]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (5th & Missouri) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (5th & Missouri) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Joyner-Kersee Center) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Joyner-Kersee Center) → | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses | |
References
- ^ Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Emerson Park Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ Hibbard, Matthew (2014-12-22). "Emerson Park MetroLink Station Development Spurs Economic Success". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ Box, Mallory (2021-08-23). "The "Transit Stop Transformation Project" at Emerson Park Transit Center Opens to The Public". Citizens For Modern Transit. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ Cella, Kim (2022-09-26). "St. Clair County Transit District Awards $13.5 Million Contract to Poetkker Construction for New Public Safety Center at Emerson Park Transit Center". Citizens For Modern Transit. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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