Forest Park–DeBaliviere station
Forest Park–DeBaliviere | ||||||||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
 Forest Park–DeBaliviere station | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 250 DeBaliviere Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63112 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°38′52″N 90°17′03″W / 38.647792°N 90.284161°WCoordinates: 38°38′52″N 90°17′03″W / 38.647792°N 90.284161°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus: 1, 3, 90 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Below-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 100 park and ride spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 5,438 daily  0% | |||||||||||||||
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Forest Park–DeBaliviere is a MetroLink light rail station, located at the northeast corner of Forest Park Parkway and DeBaliviere Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.
Location[]
This station is located just to the north of Forest Park.
Attractions in the park include the St. Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri History Museum and The Muny in addition to athletic fields, biking and running trails, and golf courses.
The station is the transfer point for trips between the Shrewsbury branch and the Lambert Airport branch. It also features 100 park-and-ride spaces.[2]
Construction[]
The station opened on July 31, 1993, as one of the original stations in the MetroLink system. It was originally constructed with side platforms and a single entrance serving the westbound platform.
Access to the eastbound platform required walking the length of the westbound platform and crossing the tracks at the end. As part of the Cross-County extension of MetroLink from Forest Park–DeBaliviere to Shrewsbury-Lansdowne I-44, the station was reconstructed with an island platform to allow easy cross platform transfers between the Blue and Red lines and two station entrances, one on either side of DeBaliviere Avenue.[3]
Loop Trolley[]
The Loop Trolley stopped on DeBaliviere Avenue near the entrance to the MetroLink station.
Station layout[]
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses |
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Skinker) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Delmar Loop) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Central West End) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Central West End) → | |
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.
- ^ "MetroLink Station List". Metro. Archived from the original on August 10, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- ^ "Cross County MetroLink Extension - Final Project Status Report" (PDF). Metro. December 2006. p. 23. Retrieved August 14, 2008.[permanent dead link]
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