Convention Center station (MetroLink)

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Convention Center
Westbound platform at Convention Center, looking east (52046484233).jpg
Convention Center station platform
General information
Location600 North 6th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates 38°37′49″N90°11′22″W / 38.630224°N 90.189362°W / 38.630224; -90.189362
Owned by Bi-State Development
Operated by Metro Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusClosed for rehabilitation
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31) [1]
Passengers
20181,309 daily
Rank12 out of 38
Services
Preceding station St Louis MetroLink Logo.svg MetroLink Following station
8th & Pine Blue Line Laclede's Landing
8th & Pine Red Line Laclede's Landing
Location
Convention Center station (MetroLink)

Convention Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [2] This subway station is located beneath the intersection of 6th Street and Washington Avenue in St. Louis' Central Business District.

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History

Station construction in 1991 Convention Center Construction.jpg
Station construction in 1991

Convention Center was built within the historic Downtown Tunnel, constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards. [3] The tunnel closed after a final Amtrak train passed through in 1974. Rehabilitation began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink in 1993, which now uses the tunnel to connect communities in Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis. [4] In 1992, just east of this station, a portion of the tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and Broadway collapsed, injuring no one. [5]

On January 20, 2023, Metro Transit announced that Convention Center will receive a full rehabilitation. [6] These improvements include updating elevators, escalators and stair access, lighting upgrades, improved signage and wayfinding, cleaning, and general infrastructure upgrades like new walls and flooring. [7] The rehabilitation began shortly after the completion of the 8th & Pine station rehabilitation, [8] [9] with the station closing to the public on January 6, 2025. [10]

Station layout

Eastbound elevator access in 2016 600 Washington Plaza 2016.jpg
Eastbound elevator access in 2016

The station's westbound platform is accessed via an entrance in the base of the former Stix, Baer, and Fuller flagship department store building, now known as The Laurel. The westbound side can also be accessed via a set of subway stairs on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Washington Avenue. The eastbound platform is accessed via a set of subway stairs, an escalator, and an elevator in the public plaza of 600 Washington in addition to another set of subway stairs across 6th Street.

GStreet levelEntrance/exit, buses
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (8th & Pine)
      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (8th & Pine)
Eastbound      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Laclede's Landing)
      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Laclede's Landing)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Public artwork

In 1997, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Birds in Flight by artists Peter Tao, Helen Lee, and Stuart and Stacey Morse for installation in the tunnel between the Convention Center and Laclede's Landing stations. The painted panels are meant to mimic the motion of a flying bird. [11]

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