Fairview Heights | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 9720 West Illinois Route 161 Fairview Heights, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°35′37″N90°02′52″W / 38.593617°N 90.047835°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 7 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections | MetroBus Illinois: 1, 12, 13 [2] | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 898 spaces [3] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks, MetroBikeLink Trail | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001 [4] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 1,611 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 7 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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Fairview Heights 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 on the western edge of Fairview Heights, Illinois near the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and Illinois Route 161. It is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line and has a pocket track allowing Blue Line trains to reverse directions and layover between runs.
Fairview Heights is primarily a commuter station with 898 park and ride spaces and a large MetroBus transfer.
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area and park and ride lot.
Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Washington Park) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Washington Park) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Memorial Hospital) → Blue Line terminating trains → |
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