Washington Park | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 909 North 54th Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 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 | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 3[1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections | MetroBus Illinois: 6, 13[2] | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 706 spaces[3] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001[4] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 599 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 24 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Washington Park station is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[5] It's platform is located on the city limit line between East St. Louis, Illinois and Washington Park, Illinois. It is primarily a MetroBus transfer and a commuter station with 681 park and ride spaces and 25 long-term spaces. The park and ride lot is accessed from North Kingshighway and St. Clair Avenue.
East St. Louis Senior High School is 4⁄5 mile (1.3 km) south of the station, and the Southern Illinois Correctional Center is roughly one-half mile (0.8 km) north of the station.
Station layout
The platform is accessed via a walkway that leads to the bus transfer and parking lot to the north of the tracks and 53rd Street to the south of the tracks.
Street | Entrance/exit, park and ride lot, bus bays |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (JJK Center) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (JJK Center) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Fairview Heights) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Terminus) → |
References
- ↑ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 25. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Illinois System Map" (Map). Metro Transit. April 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ↑ "System Addresses". Metro Transit. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Washington Park Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
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