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Fairview Heights station (MetroLink)

Coordinates: 38°35′37″N 90°02′52″W / 38.593617°N 90.047835°W / 38.593617; -90.047835
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Fairview Heights
MetroLink light rail station
General information
Location9200 Saint Clair Avenue
Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208
Coordinates38°35′37″N 90°02′52″W / 38.593617°N 90.047835°W / 38.593617; -90.047835
Owned byBi-State Development Agency
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MetroBus: 1, 12, 13, 512X
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking853 park and ride spaces
45 long-term spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 5, 2001
Passengers
20071,380 Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Washington Park Red Line Memorial Hospital
Washington Park Blue Line Terminus

Fairview Heights is a St. Louis MetroLink station in Fairview Heights, Illinois, on Illinois Route 161. This station is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. The station is located where IL 161 makes a sharp right turn off of Saint Claire Avenue, with entrances to the parking lot leading both from Third Avenue and Lynn Lee Court.

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