List of MetroLink (St. Louis) stations

MetroLink is a light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area in the United States. The 46-mile[1] system is operated by Metro Transit which is an enterprise of the Bi-State Development Agency.[2] With an average weekday ridership of 56,900 in 2014, MetroLink is the twelfth-busiest light rail system in the United States.[3]

MetroLink System Map

The system currently has 38 stations; 13 are served only by the Red Line, nine only by the Blue Line, and the other 16 by both lines. Thirteen stations are located in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; 14 in St. Louis County, Missouri; and 11 in St. Clair County, Illinois.[4] Central West End is the busiest station by daily ridership, Sunnen the least busy.[5]

MetroLink began service on July 31, 1993, on the Red Line segment between the North Hanley and 5th & Missouri stations.[6] An infill station at East Riverfront and an extension to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport opened in 1994 (Terminal 1), followed by a second station at the airport in 1998 (Terminal 2).[7][8][9] Since then, the system has had two major expansions. The first expansion, the St. Clair County Extension, extended the Red Line to the College station in Belleville, Illinois, in 2001 and to Scott Air Force Base (Shiloh-Scott) two years later.[10][11] The second major expansion, the Cross County Extension, was completed in 2006, adding the Blue Line branch between the Forest Park–DeBaliviere and Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 stations via Clayton, Missouri.[12] An additional infill station, Cortex, opened in 2018, next to the Cortex Innovation Community.[13]

Stations
Interior view of the 8th & Pine subway station in downtown St. Louis
Metro's new color scheme on a train
A train at the platform of the Terminal 1 station at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Platform of the East Riverfront station located on the Illinois side of the Eads Bridge
A closeup of the brick arches in the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel now used for MetroLink
Platform of the Civic Center station (I-64 ramps can be seen in the background)
West side view of the Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44 station
Station Lines City[4] Opened Weekday ridership
(FY2018)[14]
5th & Missouri   Red
  Blue		 East St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 1,323
8th & Pine   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 1,382
Belleville   Red Belleville May 5, 2001[10] 534
Brentwood I-64   Blue Brentwood August 26, 2006[12] 916
Central West End   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 4,885
Civic Center   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 2,217
Clayton   Blue Clayton August 26, 2006[12] 913
College   Red Belleville May 5, 2001[10] 509
Convention Center   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 1,309
Cortex   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 2018[13] 900
Delmar Loop   Red St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 1,692
East Riverfront   Red
  Blue		 East St. Louis May 14, 1994[7] 567
Emerson Park   Red
  Blue		 East St. Louis May 5, 2001[10] 1,094
Fairview Heights†   Red
  Blue		 Fairview Heights May 5, 2001[10] 1,611
Forest Park–DeBaliviere*   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 3,711
Forsyth   Blue University City August 26, 2006[12] 362
Grand   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 2,535
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center   Red
  Blue		 East St. Louis May 5, 2001[10] 462
Laclede's Landing   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 563
Lambert Airport Terminal 1†   Red St. Louis June 25, 1994[8] 1,060
Lambert Airport Terminal 2   Red St. Louis December 23, 1998[9] 380
Maplewood–Manchester   Blue Maplewood August 26, 2006[12] 770
Memorial Hospital   Red Belleville May 5, 2001[10] 304
North Hanley   Red Berkeley July 31, 1993[6] 2,713
Richmond Heights   Blue Richmond Heights August 26, 2006[12] 618
Rock Road   Red Pagedale July 31, 1993[6] 1,408
Shiloh–Scott†   Red Shiloh June 23, 2003[11] 549
Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44†   Blue St. Louis August 26, 2006[12] 1,523
Skinker   Blue St. Louis August 26, 2006[12] 887
Stadium   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 1,180
Sunnen   Blue Maplewood August 26, 2006[12] 243
Swansea   Red Swansea May 5, 2001[10] 370
UMSL North   Red Normandy July 31, 1993[6] 385
UMSL South   Red Normandy July 31, 1993[6] 516
Union Station   Red
  Blue		 St. Louis July 31, 1993[6] 1,142
University City–Big Bend   Blue University City August 26, 2006[12] 486
Washington Park   Red
  Blue		 Washington Park May 5, 2001[10] 599
Wellston   Red Wellston July 31, 1993[6] 848
* Primary transfer station
† Terminals

References
  1. "System Profile". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  2. "What We Do". BSD. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  3. "Transit Ridership Report: Third Quarter 2014" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. December 10, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  4. "Station Area Profiles". Bi-State Development Agency. 2014. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  5. BAE Urban Economics (October 2012). "St. Louis MetroLink TOD Market Study" (PDF). East-West Gateway Transit Oriented Development Study. pp. 85–86. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  6. Hick, Virginia Baldwin; Franklin, Donald E. (August 3, 1993). "Riders Pack MetroLink on First Workday". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. Goodrich, Robert (April 27, 1994). "East St. Louis Starring in MetroLink". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  8. Tipton, Virgil (June 22, 1994). "Takeoff: MetroLink Opens Lambert Stop Saturday". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  9. "2nd MetroLink Station Opens at Lambert". St. Louis Business Journal. December 23, 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  10. Leiser, Ken (May 4, 2001). "Bi-State Braces for Big Weekend of Free Fares". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015 – via Highbeam Business.
  11. "Shiloh-Scott MetroLink Station Grand Opening Today" (PDF) (Press release). Bi-State Development Agency. June 21, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2006.
  12. "Metro Announces August 26 Grand Opening Date for Cross County MetroLink Extension" (PDF) (Press release). Bi-State Development Agency. August 7, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2007.
  13. Llorico, Abby (July 31, 2018). "MetroLink gets creative in opening first new station in more than a decade". KSDK. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  14. "MetroLink Percent Change in Ridership 2011 to 2018". public.tableau.com. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
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