Central West End station

Central West End
MetroLink light rail station
Central West End station before reconstruction
General information
Location	410 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Coordinates	38.635963°N 90.262489°W / 38.635963; -90.262489
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	11
Connections	MetroBus MO: 1, 8, 10, 13, 18, 42, 57X, 58X, 59, 95, 410X
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993
Rebuilt	2021
Passengers
2018	4,885 daily
Rank	1 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Forest Park–DeBaliviere toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Cortex toward Shiloh–Scott Forest Park–DeBaliviere toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Cortex toward Fairview Heights

Central West End is a St. Louis MetroLink station. It is located in the Central West End neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. This station serves the Washington University Medical Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital, and St. Louis University High School (by crossing the pedestrian bridge that spans the highway). Central West End is also a major MetroBus transfer and is the most traveled station in the MetroLink system.

In 2000, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Ohne Titel by Olafur Eliasson for installation in the tunnel near the station. The 60 aluminum lamp housings with colored acrylic lenses and fluorescent lamps work together to create dabs of glowing colors that span the tunnel wall in an evenly spaced spectrum.

In April of 2021, Metro, in partnership with the Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, completed a major upgrade to the station. Included in the upgrade:

• A new glass canopy covering 60% of the platform
• A new glass elevator outside of the path of pedestrian travel
• A new WUSM welcome center at the Euclid level entrance and exit
• Widening the main stairwell from 6' to 10'
• Enhanced lighting and security fencing/gates
• Aesthetic upgrades to match adjacent hospital buildings

Station layout

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.

G	Street level	Exit/entrance and buses
P Platform level	Westbound	←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Forest Park–DeBaliviere) ←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Forest Park–DeBaliviere)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Cortex) → ←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Cortex) →

External links

• St. Louis Metro