Richmond Heights station

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Richmond Heights
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Richmond Heights station in 2025
General information
Location8001 Galleria Parkway
Richmond Heights, Missouri
Coordinates 38°38′06″N90°20′32″W / 38.634890°N 90.342183°W / 38.634890; -90.342183
Owned by Bi-State Development
Operated by Metro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking57 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Rack
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 26, 2006 (2006-08-26) [2]
Passengers
2018618 daily
Rank23 out of 38
Services
Preceding station St Louis MetroLink Logo.svg MetroLink Following station
Brentwood I-64 Blue Line Clayton
Location
Richmond Heights station

Richmond Heights station is a light rail station on the Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [3] This at-grade station is located near the interchange of Interstate 170 and Galleria Parkway in Richmond Heights, Missouri.

Contents

The station has a small commuter parking lot with 57 spaces and includes a kiss and ride turnaround.

Station layout

The island platform is accessed via a single ramp at the north end of the station.

Public artwork

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Mime in 2025

In 2009, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Mime by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel for this station. A collar of stainless steel convex mirrors absorbs and reflects everything seen in the station environs. [4]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. "System Addresses". Metro Transit . Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. "Next Stop: Shrewsbury". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch . August 20, 2006. p. C2. Retrieved April 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  3. "Richmond Heights Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  4. "Mime". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.