5th & Missouri station

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5th & Missouri
General information
Location150 North 5th Street
East St. Louis, Illinois
Coordinates 38°37′30″N90°09′34″W / 38.625012°N 90.159444°W / 38.625012; -90.159444
Owned by Bi-State Development
Operated by Metro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Bus stands7 [1]
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg MetroBus Illinois: 1, 2, 2X, 4, 5, 22X [2]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking322 spaces [3]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31) [4]
Passengers
20181,323 daily
Rank11 out of 38
Services
Preceding station St Louis MetroLink Logo.svg MetroLink Following station
East Riverfront
toward Shrewsbury
Blue Line Emerson Park
East Riverfront Red Line Emerson Park

5th & Missouri station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [5] This at-grade station is located in the former 5th Street right-of-way between Broadway and Missouri Avenue in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois.

Contents

The station also serves as a MetroBus transfer and features 322 park and ride spaces.

Station layout

The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its east end that connects to the bus boarding area.

Westbound      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (East Riverfront)
      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (East Riverfront)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Emerson Park)
      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Emerson Park)
StreetEntrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride

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