Stadium station (MetroLink)

Stadium
Stadium
	Stadium station platforms seen from above
General information
Location	400 South 8th Street; St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°37′25″N 90°11′41″W / 38.623475°N 90.194615°W
Owned by	Bi-State Development
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993
Passengers
2018	1,180 daily
Rank	13 out of 38
Services

Stadium station is a St. Louis MetroLink station.^[2] This station serves Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, Cupples Station, and Ballpark Village in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

The Stadium station sits at the west portal of the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel. Constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards,^[3] it saw its last train (Amtrak) in 1974. Refurbishment of the tunnels began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink, which uses the original route to connect Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis.^[4]

Station layout

Both platforms are connected to Clark Avenue with accessible ramps or stairs. There are also stairs connecting the platforms to Spruce Street.

G	Street level	Entrance/exit
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Civic Center) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Civic Center)
	Eastbound	Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (8th & Pine) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (8th & Pine) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Public artwork

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Out of the Park by Andrews/LeFevre Studios for this station. The anodized aluminum sculpture is a dynamic abstraction of a baseball being hit “out of the park” and echoes the shape and proportions of the Gateway Arch.^[5]

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.
^ "Stadium Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ Primm, James, Neal (2010). Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri 1764–1980 (3rd ed.). United States: Missouri Historical Society Press. pp. 289–292. ISBN 978-1-883982-25-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "St. Louis Freight Tunnel". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ "Out of the Park". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

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[1993jul31opening-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.

[2] "Stadium Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

[3] Primm, James, Neal (2010). Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri 1764–1980 (3rd ed.). United States: Missouri Historical Society Press. pp. 289–292. ISBN 978-1-883982-25-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "St. Louis Freight Tunnel". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

[5] "Out of the Park". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

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