East Riverfront station
East Riverfront | ||||||||||||||||
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| MetroLink light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 100 South Front Street East St. Louis, Illinois 62201 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′43″N 90°10′29″W / 38.628507°N 90.174765°WCoordinates: 38°37′43″N 90°10′29″W / 38.628507°N 90.174765°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 295 spaces | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 14, 1994[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 567 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 25 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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East Riverfront is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] The station is located near the Casino Queen and Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park in East St. Louis, Illinois. It was built on a reconstructed viaduct just east of the historic Eads Bridge and is the westernmost MetroLink station in Illinois before crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri.
The station is also popular with Illinois commuters and has a park and ride lot with 295 spaces.
Station layout
The platforms are accessed from Front Street via a set of stairs and an elevator on either side of the Eads Bridge. The eastbound platform can also be accessed via a ramp from the upper level pedestrian walkway on the south edge of the bridge.
| B | Bridge level | Eads Bridge sidewalk (eastbound platform only) |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Laclede's Landing) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Laclede's Landing) | |
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (5th & Missouri) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (5th & Missouri) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| G | Street level | Entrance/exit and parking |
References
- ^ Goodrich, Robert (April 27, 1994). "E. St. Louis Starring in MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. B1. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Riverfront Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
External links
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