Civic Center station (MetroLink)

Civic Center
Civic Center
	Civic Center station platform
General information
Location	1413 Spruce Street; St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°37′30″N90°12′11″W / 38.624925°N 90.203170°W
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	17
Connections	MetroBus Missouri: 4, 10, 11, 19, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 73, 74, 94, 97, 174X; Madison County Transit: 1X, 5, 14X, 16X; at Gateway Station ;
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993
Rebuilt	2017
Passengers
2018	2,217 daily
Rank	5 out of 38
Services

Last updated March 24, 2024

Civic Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.^[5] This below-grade station is located near 14th and Spruce streets near Interstate 64. It is also the primary transfer station for MetroBus and serves bus routes operated by Madison County Transit. Additionally, the station adjoins the Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by Amtrak, Greyhound, and others.

Station layout

Civic Center's platform is accessed via a set of stairs and a ramp from the MetroBus transfer and another ramp from Clark Avenue.

S	Street level	East entrance/exit, bus bays
P Platform level	Westbound	← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Union Station) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Union Station)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	← Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Stadium) → ← Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Stadium) →
S	Street level	West entrance/exit, Gateway Transportation Center

Bus connections

MetroBus

Many MetroBus routes stop here:^[7]

4 Natural Bridge
10 Gravois Lindell
11 Chippewa
19 St. Louis Avenue
30 Arsenal
31 Chouteau
32 Martin Luther King
40 North Broadway
41 Lee
73 Carondelet
74 Florissant
94 Page
97 Delmar
174X Halls Ferry Express

Madison County Transit

Several Madison County Transit bus routes stop here, providing service between downtown St. Louis and its suburbs in Madison County, Illinois.^[8]

1X Riverbend Express
5 Tri-City Regional
14X Highland Express
16X Edwardsville – Glen Carbon Express

Public artwork

In 2018, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Wheels by Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker for this station. The stainless steel work is a highly visible site marker that integrates the different forms of transportation at this station. Wheels minimal footprint and the inscribed poem from T. S. Eliot invites people to circle the sculpture as they read the poem, creating the fourth wheel.^[9]

Notable places nearby

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References

↑ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit . January 2021. p. 7. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
↑ "Missouri System Map" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit . November 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
↑ "System Map" (PDF) (Map). Madison County Transit . August 15, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
↑ Lindecke, Fred W. (August 1, 1993). "Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch . pp. 1A, 6A . Retrieved April 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Civic Center Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
↑ Hibbard, Matthew (July 18, 2017). "Special Events Planned Ahead of Civic Center Transit Center Reopening". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
↑ "MetroBus Schedule". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
↑ "Bus Schedules – Madison County Transit" . Retrieved September 27, 2022.
↑ "Wheels". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

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[1] "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit . January 2021. p. 7. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[2] "Missouri System Map" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit . November 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[3] "System Map" (PDF) (Map). Madison County Transit . August 15, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[1993jul31opening-4] Lindecke, Fred W. (August 1, 1993). "Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch . pp. 1A, 6A . Retrieved April 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Civic Center Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

[6] Hibbard, Matthew (July 18, 2017). "Special Events Planned Ahead of Civic Center Transit Center Reopening". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

[7] "MetroBus Schedule". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.

[8] "Bus Schedules – Madison County Transit" . Retrieved September 27, 2022.

[9] "Wheels". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

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