Fairview Heights station (MetroLink)
Fairview Heights | ||||||||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 9720 W. Illinois Route 161 Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°35′37″N 90°02′52″W / 38.593617°N 90.047835°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus IL: 1, 12, 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 898 spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack MetroBikeLink Trail | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,611 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 7 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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Fairview Heights is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] This station is located on the western edge of Fairview Heights, Illinois and is primarily a commuter station with 853 park and ride spaces and 45 long-term spaces. The station is a large transfer for Illinois MetroBus routes and is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line.
The station and its adjoining transit center are located at the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and Illinois Route 161.
Fairview Heights is the northernmost station served by the St. Clair County Transit District's MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This 3.5 mile (5.6 km) section opened in 2019 and follows the old CSX rail alignment and Schoenberger Creek through hills and hollers of the Dutch Hollow area of Belleville and Fairview Heights. This section of trail connects to the other 11.5 miles (18.5 km) of MetroBikeLink for a total of 14 miles (22.5 km) of paved trails along MetroLink in St. Clair County, Illinois.[3]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Washington Park) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Washington Park) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Memorial Hospital) → Blue Line termination track → | |
| 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.
- ^ "Fairview Heights Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "SCCTD MetroBikeLink System". St. Clair County Transit District. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
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