Civic Center station (MetroLink) explained

Style:MetroLink (St. Louis)
Civic Center
Address:1413 Spruce Street
Borough:St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates:38.6249°N -90.2032°W
Owned:Bi-State Development Agency
Operator:Metro Transit
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Bus Stands:17[1]
Structure:Below-grade
Bicycle:Racks
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[2]
Rebuilt:2017
Pass Year:2018
Passengers:2,217 daily
Pass Rank:5 out of 38
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

Civic Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[3] 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. Additionally, the station adjoins the Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by Amtrak, Greyhound, and others.On August 14, 2017, MetroBus service returned to the station after an extensive renovation of the bus station portion of Civic Center. It included multiple new bus bays, a security center, an indoor waiting area and public restrooms.[4]

Station layout

Civic Center's platform is accessed via a set of stairs and a ramp from the MetroBus transfer and another ramp from Clark Avenue.

SStreet levelEast entrance/exit, bus bays
P
Platform level
Westbound← toward
← toward
Eastbound toward →
toward →
SStreet levelWest entrance/exit, Gateway Transportation Center

Bus connections

MetroBus

Many MetroBus routes stop here:[5]

Madison County Transit

Several Madison County Transit bus routes stop here, providing service between downtown St. Louis and its suburbs in Madison County, Illinois.[6]

Public artwork

In 2018, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Wheels by Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker for this station. The stainless steel work is a highly visible site marker that integrates the different forms of transportation at this station. Wheels minimal footprint and the inscribed poem from T. S. Eliot invites people to circle the sculpture as they read the poem, creating the fourth wheel.[7]

Notable places nearby

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: January 2021 . Bus Bays . May 26, 2023 . . 7.
  2. News: Lindecke . Fred W. . August 1, 1993 . Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink . 1A, 6A . . April 15, 2021 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Civic Center Station . September 12, 2022 . metrostlouis.org . en.
  4. Web site: Hibbard . Matthew . July 18, 2017 . Special Events Planned Ahead of Civic Center Transit Center Reopening . September 12, 2022 . metrostlouis.org . en.
  5. Web site: MetroBus Schedule . September 27, 2022 . metrostlouis.org . en.
  6. Web site: Bus Schedules – Madison County Transit . September 27, 2022 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Wheels . October 3, 2022 . Arts in Transit, Inc . en-US.