Stadium station (MetroLink)

Stadium station is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] This station serves Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, Cupples Station, and Ballpark Village in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

Stadium
Stadium station platforms seen from above
General information
Location400 South 8th Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38.623475°N 90.194615°W / 38.623475; -90.194615
Owned byBi-State Development Agency
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993[1]
Passengers
20181,180 daily
Rank13 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Civic Center
toward Shrewsbury
 Blue Line 8th & Pine
toward Fairview Heights
Civic Center
toward Lambert Airport
 Red Line 8th & Pine
toward Shiloh–Scott

The Stadium station sits at the west portal of the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel. Constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards,[3] it saw its last train (Amtrak) in 1974. Refurbishment of the tunnels began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink, which uses the original route to connect Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis.[4]

Station layout

Both platforms are accessed via a set of stairs from Spruce Street and a set of ramps from Clark Avenue. The westbound platform can also be accessed via a set of stairs from Clark Avenue.

G Street level Entrance/exit and buses
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Civic Center)
←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Civic Center)
Eastbound ←      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (8th & Pine) →
←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (8th & Pine) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Public artwork

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Out of the Park by Andrews/LeFevre Studios for this station. The anodized aluminum sculpture is a dynamic abstraction of a baseball being hit “out of the park” and echoes the shape and proportions of the Gateway Arch.[5]

References
  1. 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. icon of an open green padlock
  2. "Stadium Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. Primm, James, Neal (2010). Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri 1764-1980 (3rd ed.). United States: Missouri Historical Society Press. pp. 289–292. ISBN 978-1-883982-25-6.
  4. "St. Louis Freight Tunnel". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  5. "Out of the Park". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved 2022-10-03.


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