Stadium station (MetroLink)
Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Stadium station platforms seen from above | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 400 South 8th Street St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′25″N 90°11′41″W / 38.623475°N 90.194615°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Below-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Busch Stadium | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,180 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 13 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Stadium station is a light rail station on the Blue and Red lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[2] This below-grade station is located alongside 8th Street between Spruce Street and Clark Avenue. It is located near Busch Stadium, after which the station is named.
Stadium sits at the west portal of the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel, constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards.[3] The tunnel closed after a final Amtrak train passed through in 1974. Rehabilitation began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink in 1993, which now uses the tunnel to connect communities in Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis.[4]
Station layout[edit]
Both platforms are connected to Clark Avenue with accessible ramps or stairs. There are also stairs connecting the platforms to Spruce Street.
| G | Street level | Entrance/exit |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Civic Center) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Civic Center) | |
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (8th & Pine) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (8th & Pine) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Public artwork[edit]
In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Out of the Park by Andrews/LeFevre Studios for this station. The anodized aluminum sculpture is a dynamic abstraction of a baseball being hit “out of the park” and echoes the shape and proportions of the Gateway Arch.[5]
Notable places nearby[edit]
- Ballpark Village
- Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Field House Museum
- Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Stadium Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ Primm, James, Neal (2010). Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri 1764–1980 (3rd ed.). United States: Missouri Historical Society Press. pp. 289–292. ISBN 978-1-883982-25-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "St. Louis Freight Tunnel". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Out of the Park". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Stadium station (MetroLink) at Wikimedia Commons