Convention Center station (MetroLink)
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Convention Center | ||||||||||||||||
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MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 600 North 6th Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°37′49″N 90°11′22″W / 38.630208°N 90.189351°WCoordinates: 38°37′49″N 90°11′22″W / 38.630208°N 90.189351°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 31, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | 3,473 daily ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- MetroLink stations in St. Louis
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993
- Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
- Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
- Railway stations located underground in Missouri
- 1993 establishments in Missouri
- Metro Transit (St. Louis) stubs
- Midwestern United States railway station stubs
- Missouri building and structure stubs
- Missouri transportation stubs
- St. Louis building and structure stubs