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MetroLink (reporting mark BSDA) is a light rail system [7] [8] that serves the Greater St. Louis area. Operated by Metro Transit in a shared fare system with MetroBus, [9] the two-line, 38-station system runs from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Shrewsbury in Missouri to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
A #15 Hodiamont streetcar near Wellston in April 1963. The enterprise now known as Metro Transit was founded in 1963 when the Bi-State Development Agency, using a $22.5 million bond issue, purchased and consolidated 15 privately owned transit operators to sustain efficient and reliable public transportation in the region.
Interior view of the 8th & Pine subway station in downtown St. Louis Platform at Clayton station in 2023 A train at the Terminal 1 station at St. Louis Lambert International Airport East Riverfront station in 2008 A view of the brick arches in the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel, now used for MetroLink Platform of the Civic Center station (I-64 ramps can be seen in the background) West side ...
MetroBus currently operates 59 fixed bus routes in a shared fare system with the MetroLink light rail service. Of its 59 bus routes, 46 of them operate in St. Louis City and County in Missouri with 13 routes in St. Clair County, Illinois. [3]
Civic Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [5] This below-grade station is located near 14th and Spruce streets near Interstate 64. It is also the primary transfer station for MetroBus and serves bus routes operated by Madison County Transit.
Central West End station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [4] This at-grade station is located in the Central West End neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Children's Place.
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] In 1992, just east of this station, a portion of the tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and Broadway collapsed, injuring no one.
Emerson Park station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [6] This at-grade station is located near 15th Street and Bowman Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. It also serves as a transfer for MetroBus and Madison County Transit and features 841 park and ride spaces.