Washington Park | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 909 North 54th Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°36′49″N90°05′43″W / 38.613685°N 90.095224°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 3 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 706 spaces [3] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001 [4] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 599 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 24 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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Washington Park 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 city limit line between East St. Louis, Illinois and Washington Park, Illinois.
It primarily serves Illinois commuters via a MetroBus transfer and a park and ride lot with 706 spaces. The park and ride lot is accessed from both North Kings Highway and St. Clair Avenue.
The island platform is accessed via a ramp that leads to the bus transfer and parking lot to the north of the tracks and North 53rd Street to the south of the tracks.
Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (JJK Center) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (JJK Center) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Fairview Heights) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Terminus) → |
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