Central West End station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[4] This at-grade station is located in the Central West End neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. This station also serves a large MetroBus transfer and is the most used station on the MetroLink system.[5]
Central West End | ||||||||||||||||
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 An eastbound Blue Line train at Central West End | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 410 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°38′09″N 90°15′45″W / 38.635963°N 90.262489°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 11[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus Missouri: 1, 8, 10, 13, 18, 42, 57X, 58X, 59, 95, 410X[2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 4,885 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 1 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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History
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In April 2021, Metro, in partnership with the Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, completed a major upgrade to the station. Included was a new glass canopy covering 60% of the platform, a glass elevator outside of the path of pedestrian travel, a WUSM welcome center at the Euclid level entrance and exit, the main stairwell was widened from 6 feet (1.8 m) to 10 feet (3.0 m), additional lighting and fencing was added, and the station aesthetic was modified to match adjacent hospital buildings.[6]
Station layout
editThe station can be accessed by stairs or an elevator at the west end of the platform near Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. The Central West End MetroBus Center is located on the ground level of the Barnes-Jewish staff parking garage and is accessible via lighted walkway from the east end of the platform.
| U | Upper level | West entrance/exit, hospital access |
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Forest Park–DeBaliviere) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Forest Park–DeBaliviere) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Cortex) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Cortex) → | |
| G | Street level | East entrance/exit, bus bays |
Public artwork
editIn 2000, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Ohne Titel by Olafur Eliasson for installation in the tunnel near this station. The 60 aluminum lamp housings with colored acrylic lenses and fluorescent lamps work together to create dabs of glowing colors that span the tunnel wall in an evenly spaced spectrum.[7]
Notable places nearby
edit- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Central West End
- Forest Park
- James S. McDonnell Planetarium
- Saint Louis Science Center
- Shriners Hospital for Children
- Steinberg Skating Rink
- St. Louis Children's Hospital
- The Grove
- University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
- Washington University Medical Center
- Washington University School of Medicine
References
edit- ^ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 7. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Missouri System Map" (PDF) (Map). Metro Transit. November 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Central West End Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Central West End Station Improvement Project". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "CWE Metro Station Renovation". Planning & Projects. December 10, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Ohne Titel". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
