Civic Center station (MetroLink)

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Civic Center
MetroLink Civic Center Station St Louis MO.jpg
MetroLink light rail platforms
Location1413 Spruce Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
United States
Coordinates38°37′29″N 90°12′11″W / 38.62472°N 90.20306°W / 38.62472; -90.20306Coordinates: 38°37′29″N 90°12′11″W / 38.62472°N 90.20306°W / 38.62472; -90.20306
Owned byBi-State Development Agency
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsMetroLink
Bus stands7
Bus operatorsMetroBus
Madison County Transit
ConnectionsGateway Transportation Center
Construction
Structure typeBus and train station
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993[1]
Passengers
20072,852 daily Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station St Louis MetroLink Logo.svg MetroLink Following station
Union Station
toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1
 Red Line Stadium
toward Shiloh–Scott
Union Station
toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44
 Blue Line Stadium
toward Fairview Heights

Civic Center is a train and bus station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri serving the Red Line and Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink. The station is located near the Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues, Sheraton City Center Hotel, Soldiers Memorial, and the Saint Louis Public Library Central Library.

The station serves the adjoining Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by Amtrak, Greyhound, and Megabus. The Transportation Center would also serve as the hub for the two proposed St. Louis Commuter Rail lines.[2]

Station layout[]

P
Platform level 		Westbound ←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Union Station)
←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Union Station)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound ←      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Stadium) →
←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Stadium) →
Street level Exit/entrance, access to Gateway Transportation Center

Bus connections[]

MetroBus[]

Many MetroBus routes stop here:

  • 4 Natural Bridge
  • 8 Bates Morgan Ford
  • 10 Gravois Lindell
  • 11 Chippewa
  • 30 Soulard
  • 32 Martin Luther King - Chouteau
  • 41 Lee
  • 73 Carondelet
  • 74 Florissant
  • 80 Park-Shaw
  • 94 Page
  • 97 Delmar
  • 99 Downtown Trolley
  • 40X I-55 Mehlville Express
  • 58X Twin-Oaks Express
  • 410X Eureka Express
  • 174X Halls Ferry Express
  • 36X Bissell Hills Express

Madison County Transit[]

The center is also a terminal for several bus routes of the Madison County Transit System, which serves the Metro East area of St. Louis.

  • 18X Collinsville Express
  • 16X Edwardsville – Glen Carbon Express
  • 14X Highland – St. Louis Express
  • 3X Gateway Commerce Center Express
  • 1X Riverbend Express

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. ^ http://stlouis.missouri.org/5yearstrategy/1999/ch2_infr.html

External links[]

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