Washington Park station (MetroLink)

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Washington Park
MetroLink light rail station
General information
Location955 North Kingshighway
East St. Louis, Illinois 62203
Coordinates38°36′49″N 90°05′43″W / 38.613685°N 90.095224°W / 38.613685; -90.095224Coordinates: 38°36′49″N 90°05′43″W / 38.613685°N 90.095224°W / 38.613685; -90.095224
Owned byBi-State Development Agency
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Bus stands3
ConnectionsBus transport MetroBus IL: 6, 13
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking706 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRack
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMay 5, 2001[1]
Passengers
2018599 daily
Rank24 out of 38
Services
Preceding station St Louis MetroLink Logo.svg MetroLink Following station
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center Red Line Fairview Heights
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center Blue Line Fairview Heights
Terminus

Washington Park is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] 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 0.8 miles (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.

P
Platform level
Westbound      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Joyner-Kersee Center)
     Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Joyner-Kersee Center)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Fairview Heights)
     Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Terminus)
Street level Exit/entrance, parking, buses

References

  1. ^ 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. icon of an open green padlock
  2. ^ "Washington Park Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

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