Convention Center station (MetroLink)

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Convention Center
MetroLink light rail station
Convention Center station, St. Louis.jpg
Location600 North 6th Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Coordinates38°37′49″N 90°11′22″W / 38.630208°N 90.189351°W / 38.630208; -90.189351Coordinates: 38°37′49″N 90°11′22″W / 38.630208°N 90.189351°W / 38.630208; -90.189351
Owned byBi-State Development Agency
Operated byMetro Transit
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MetroBus: 36X, 40, 40X, 58X, 99, 174X
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993[1]
Passengers
20073,473 daily Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station St Louis MetroLink Logo.svg MetroLink Following station
8th & Pine Red Line Laclede's Landing
8th & Pine Blue Line Laclede's Landing

Convention Center is a St. Louis MetroLink subway station. This is located at Sixth Street and Washington Avenue near The Dome at America's Center, America's Center, Renaissance Grand Hotel, and Renaissance Saint Louis Suites Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of six MetroLink stations in the Downtown St. Louis Ride Free Zone at lunch time on weekdays prior to the 2009 service reduction. It is also one of two stations to have an escalator system, with the other being 8th & Pine.There is a MetroRide Store near the Americas Center.

Station layout[]

G Street level Entrance/exit and buses
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (8th & Pine)
     Red Line toward Lambert Airport (8th & Pine)
Eastbound      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Laclede's Landing)
     Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Laclede's Landing)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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

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