College station (MetroLink)
College | |||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2622 Carlyle Avenue Belleville, Illinois 62221 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°30′58″N 89°55′10″W / 38.516248°N 89.919416°WCoordinates: 38°30′58″N 89°55′10″W / 38.516248°N 89.919416°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus stands | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus IL: 16 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 623 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack MetroBikeLink Trail | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 509 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 30 out of 38 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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College is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] This station serves Southwestern Illinois College and the Green Mount Commons shopping center near the eastern edge of Belleville, Illinois. It is also a large commuter station featuring 598 park and ride spaces and 25 long-term spaces.
College station has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's 14 mile (22.5 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a 4 mile (6.4 km) trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College.[3] Here, trail users can connect with pathways on the college campus and the East Belleville YMCA Loop Trail just north of Illinois Route 161 (Carlyle Avenue).
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Belleville) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Terminus) → | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses | |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "College Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ Cella, Kim (2022-05-16). "SCCTD ENCOURAGES USE OF THE METROBIKELINK SYSTEM DURING NATIONAL BIKE TO WORK WEEK (May 16-20)". Citizens For Modern Transit. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
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