Union Station (MetroLink)

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]

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
Location300 South 18th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38.626621°N 90.206846°W / 38.626621; -90.206846
Owned byBi-State Development
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[1]
Passengers
20181,142 daily
Rank14 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Grand
toward Shrewsbury
 Blue Line Civic Center
toward Fairview Heights
Grand
toward Lambert Airport
 Red Line Civic Center
toward Shiloh–Scott

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
  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. icon of an open green padlock
  2. "Union Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. "nycsubway.org: St. Louis, Missouri". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. "Spring Forth". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
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