East Riverfront | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 100 South Front Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°37′43″N90°10′29″W / 38.628507°N 90.174765°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 295 spaces [1] | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 14, 1994 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 567 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 25 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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East Riverfront is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [2] This elevated station was built on a reconstructed viaduct east of the historic Eads Bridge near the East St. Louis, Illinois riverfront.
The station is popular with Illinois commuters and has a park and ride lot with 295 spaces.
East Riverfront is the westernmost station in Illinois, located on the lower deck of the Eads Bridge before crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri.
In January 2023, Metro announced that East Riverfront would temporarily close at the end of the month to accommodate platform rehabilitation and staircase replacement with the station reopening on May 29th, 2023. [3] [4]
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 (access from eastbound platform only) |
P Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (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, park and ride |
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