Union Station (MetroLink)

Station in St. Louis MetroLink light rail system, Missouri, USA

This article is about the light rail station in St. Louis, Missouri. For the station on the Metrolink commuter rail system in Southern California, see Union Station (Los Angeles).

Union Station

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 / 38.626621; -90.206846
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 (1993-07-31)[1]
Passengers
2018| 1,142 daily
Rank| 14 out of 38
Services
| Preceding station  |  MetroLink | Following station

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Grand

toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44

|  | Blue Line |  | Civic Center

toward Fairview Heights

Grand

toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1

|  | Red Line |  | Civic Center

toward Shiloh–Scott

Location

Union Station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[2] This below-grade station is located partially within the former baggage tunnel beneath historic St. Louis Union Station near 18th Street at its intersection with Clark Avenue.[3]

## Station layout

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The station is located at the east portal of the Union Station Tunnel.[4] Its platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase from the west within the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the east embankment.

G | Street level  | Entrance/exit

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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

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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.[5]

## Notable places nearby

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* Brickline Greenway
* Energizer Park, home of St. Louis City SC
* Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues
* Gateway Mall
* St. Louis Union Station, home of the St. Louis Aquarium
* Stifel Theatre

## References

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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. ^ "Union Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
3. ^ "nycsubway.org: St. Louis, Missouri". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
4. ^ "Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan" (PDF). East-West Gateway Council of Governments. March 31, 2022. p. 136\. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
5. ^ "Spring Forth". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

## External links

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* St. Louis Metro
* Clark Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View