Union Station (MetroLink)

This article is about the light rail station in St. Louis, Missouri. For the station on the Metrolink commuter rail system in Southern California, see Union Station (Los Angeles).

Union Station
Union Station platform
General information
Location	300 South 18th Street St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°37′36″N90°12′25″W / 38.626621°N 90.206846°W / 38.626621; -90.206846
Owned by	Bi-State Development
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MetroBus Missouri: 11 [1]
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993 (1993-07-31) [2]
Passengers
2018	1,142 daily
Rank	14 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Grand toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Civic Center toward Fairview Heights Grand toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Civic Center toward Shiloh–Scott
Location

Union Station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. ^[3] This below-grade station is located partially within the former baggage tunnel beneath historic St. Louis Union Station near 18th Street at its intersection with Clark Avenue. ^[4]

Station layout

The station is located at the east portal of the Union Station Tunnel. ^[5] Its platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase from the west within the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the north embankment.

Public artwork

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Spring Forth by Jim Gallucci for this station. The stainless steel sculpture depicts fantastical plant forms that leap and arch from the grassy embankment, celebrating the vitality that the MetroLink system brings to the St. Louis area. ^[6]

Notable places nearby

• Brickline Greenway
• Energizer Park, home of St. Louis City SC
• Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues
• Gateway Mall
• St. Louis Union Station, home of the St. Louis Aquarium
• Stifel Theatre

References

1. "11 Chippewa Route Map" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit . November 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
2. Lindecke, Fred W. (August 1, 1993). "Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch . pp. 1A, 6A . Retrieved April 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Union Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
4. "nycsubway.org: St. Louis, Missouri". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
5. "Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan" (PDF). East-West Gateway Council of Governments. March 31, 2022. p. 136. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
6. "Spring Forth". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

External links

• Metro St. Louis
• St. Louis Union Station
• Union Station (MetroLink)
• Media related to Union Station (MetroLink) at Wikimedia Commons