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The station can be accessed by stairs or an elevator at the west end of the platform near Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. The Central West End MetroBus Center is located on the ground level of the Barnes-Jewish staff parking garage and is accessible via lighted walkway from the east end of the platform.
Thirteen stations are located in the City of St. Louis; 14 in St. Louis County; and 11 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Central West End is the busiest station by daily ridership, Sunnen is the least busy. [3] [4] The first 13.9-mile (22.4 km) segment opened on July 31, 1993 between the North Hanley and 5th & Missouri stations. [5]
In all, the Red and Blue lines share tracks for 16 stations. [38] From west to east: the Central West End and Cortex stations that serve the Central West End neighborhood, Washington University Medical Center, and Cortex Innovation Community. The Grand station transfers with the busy #70 MetroBus line and serves Saint Louis University and its ...
The Central West End is a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, stretching from Midtown's western edge to Union Boulevard and bordering on Forest Park with its array of free cultural institutions. It includes the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (the New Cathedral) on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, which houses the second-largest ...
Blue Line tracks near the Maplewood-Manchester station. From the Forest Park-DeBaliviere station, the Blue and Red lines share the same set of tracks for the next 16 stations. [19] Continuing east, the Central West End and Cortex stations serve the popular Central West End neighborhood, Washington University Medical Center and Cortex Innovation ...
Gaslight Square (also known as Greenwich Corners) [1] was an entertainment district in St. Louis, Missouri active in the 1950s and 60s, covering an area of about three blocks at the intersection of Olive and Boyle, near the eastern part of the current Central West End and close to the current Grand Center Arts District.
Two other 21st-century proposals to revive streetcar service in the St. Louis area failed: the St. Charles City Streetcar, which would have run an 8-mile (13 km) route from New Town to St. Charles, Missouri; and a proposed 7-mile (11 km) streetcar system to connect Downtown St. Louis to the Central West End, Downtown West, Midtown, and Carr Square.
The stations at Branchport and West End were eliminated with the opening of the new Long Branch station on June 8, 1955. [71] The depot caught fire on July 1–2, 1956 and condemned. [72] Long Branch The station depot built at Long Branch in 1891 was demolished in 1955 by a contractor from Belford, New Jersey. [73] West End June 8, 1955 [71]