Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Ctr.
General information
Other names	JJK Center
Location	1003 North 25th Street East St. Louis, Illinois
Coordinates	38°37′24″N90°07′28″W / 38.6232°N 90.1244°W / 38.6232; -90.1244
Owned by	Bi-State Development
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	4 [1]
Connections	MetroBus Illinois: 06, 09
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	Rack
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 5, 2001 (2001-05-05) [2]
Passengers
2018	462 daily
Rank	32 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Emerson Park toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Washington Park toward Fairview Heights Emerson Park toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Washington Park toward Shiloh–Scott
Location

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station (also known as JJK Center) is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. ^[3] This at-grade station is adjacent to the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center and just north of Interstate 64's exit 4B (25th Street) in East St. Louis, Illinois.

This station has no park and ride lot but does feature a kiss and ride turnaround.

Station layout

The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area. There is also a set of stairs from the bus loop down an embankment to 25th Street.

Bus connections

The following MetroBus lines serve Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station: ^[3]

• 06 Rosemont
• 09 Washington Park

Notable places nearby

• Jones Park

References

1. "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit . January 2021. p. 15. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
2. Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch . p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "JJK Center Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 15, 2022.

External links

• St. Louis Metro