Union Station (MetroLink)
Union Station | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Union Station platform, as seen from above | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 300 South 18th Street St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′36″N 90°12′25″W / 38.626621°N 90.206846°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Below-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,142 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 14 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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Union Station is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] It is partially located underneath historic St. Louis Union Station and primarily serves the Downtown West area, including CityPark Stadium and the St. Louis Aquarium. The station is located below 18th Street at its intersection with Clark Avenue near the St. Louis Post Office and utilizes the former baggage tunnel at Union Station.[3]
Station layout
The platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase on the west end from the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the embankment on the east end.
| 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.[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Union Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "nycsubway.org: St. Louis, Missouri". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Spring Forth". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
