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Rock Road station

Coordinates: 38°41′07″N 90°18′05″W / 38.685215°N 90.301411°W / 38.685215; -90.301411
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Rock Road
Rock Road station
General information
Location7019 St. Charles Rock Road
Pagedale, Missouri
Coordinates38°41′07″N 90°18′05″W / 38.685215°N 90.301411°W / 38.685215; -90.301411
Owned byBi-State Development
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Bus stands6[1]
ConnectionsBus transport MetroBus Missouri: 2, 19, 32, 35, 64[2]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking191 spaces[3]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[4]
Passengers
20181,408 daily
Rank9 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
UMSL–South Red Line Wellston

Rock Road station is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[5] It is primarily a MetroBus transfer and commuter station featuring 191 park and ride spaces located near 70th Street in Pagedale, Missouri. The station's name comes from nearby St. Charles Rock Road, an important east–west artery in St. Louis County.

Station layout

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.[6]

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. Free access icon
  5. ^ "Rock Road Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "Honey, Where's my Metro Pass?". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 10, 2022.