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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.
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 ...
The need for a north/south MetroLink line was first identified during the East-West Gateway Council of Governments three corridor study in the year 2000. [1] Officials identified a northern locally perfered alternative (LPA) that would have connected downtown St. Louis to St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley that would have cost $485.5 million. [2]
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.
Delmar Loop station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [5] This below-grade station is adjacent to Delmar Boulevard and Des Peres and Hodiamont avenues and serves the popular Delmar Loop area.
Ewing Yard with some SD-400 and SD-460 cars. Metro Transit, the public transit operator in the Greater St. Louis area, operates two rail yards for the MetroLink light rail system, four bus depots for MetroBus and Metro Call-A-Ride services, and one streetcar barn for the Loop Trolley.
The Blue Line is the newer and shorter line of the MetroLink light rail service in Greater St. Louis.It serves 25 stations across three counties and two states.. While officially light rail, the Blue Line features many characteristics of a light metro, semi-metro or rapid transit service, [1] including a completely independent right of way, a higher top speed, and level boarding at all platforms.
Clayton station is a light rail station on the Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [5] This at-grade station is located in the median of Forest Park Parkway between South Central Avenue and South Meramec Avenue in downtown Clayton. Public parking is available in the attached county garage.