Washington Park station (MetroLink)
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Washington Park | ||||||||||||||||
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MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 955 North Kingshighway East St. Louis, Illinois 62203 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°36′49″N 90°05′43″W / 38.613685°N 90.095224°WCoordinates: 38°36′49″N 90°05′43″W / 38.613685°N 90.095224°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 681 park and ride spaces 25 long-term spaces | |||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001[1] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | 677 ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Washington Park is a St. Louis MetroLink station in East St. Louis, Illinois. It is located on Illinois Route 111 and is the easternmost MetroLink station within the city, although it is also the closest station to its nearby namesake town. The parking lot is located behind the southwest corner of IL 111 and Saint Clair Avenue, but the station is also accessible across the tracks from 53rd Street.
Station layout[]
P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Joyner-Kersee Center) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Joyner-Kersee Center) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Fairview Heights) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Terminus) → | |
Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses |
References[]
- ^ Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
Categories:
- St. Clair County Transit District
- MetroLink stations in St. Clair County, Illinois
- Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
- Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001
- Metro Transit (St. Louis) stubs
- Illinois railway station stubs