MetroLink is a light rail system that serves the Greater St. Louis area in the United States. The system has two lines and is operated by Metro Transit, an enterprise of the Bi-State Development Agency.
MetroLink currently has 38 stations; 13 are served only by the Red Line, nine only by the Blue Line, and the other 16 by both lines. Thirteen stations are located in the City of St. Louis; 14 in St. Louis County; and 11 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Central West End is the busiest station by daily ridership, Sunnen is the least busy.
The first segment opened on July 31, 1993 between the North Hanley and 5th & Missouri stations. The remainder of this initial alignment was completed on June 25, 1994 when the extension to Lambert Airport Main opened. Three infill stations have been added to this original alignment. East Riverfront in 1994, Lambert Airport East in 1998, and Cortex in 2018. The system has seen two major expansions. In 2001-03, St. Clair County extended the Red Line to the Shiloh-Scott station near Scott Air Force Base. In 2006, the Cross County Extension added Blue Line service between the Forest Park–DeBaliviere and Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 stations via Clayton, Missouri.
A extension of the Red Line from Shiloh-Scott to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois broke ground in 2023 and is expected to be operational in early 2026.
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Stations
+ Station Lines City Opened Weekday ridership(FY2018) 5th & Missouri East St. Louis 1,323 8th & Pine St. Louis 1,382 Belleville Belleville 534 Brentwood I-64 Brentwood 916 Central West End St. Louis 4,885 Civic Center St. Louis 2,217 Clayton Clayton 913 College Belleville 509 Convention Center St. Louis 1,309 Cortex St. Louis 900 Delmar Loop St. Louis 1,692 East Riverfront East St. Louis 567 Emerson Park East St. Louis 1,094 Fairview Heights† Fairview Heights 1,611 Forest Park–DeBaliviere* St. Louis 3,711 Forsyth University City 362 Grand St. Louis 2,535 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center East St. Louis 462 Laclede's Landing St. Louis 563 Lambert Airport Terminal 1† St. Louis 1,060 Lambert Airport Terminal 2 St. Louis 380 Maplewood–Manchester Maplewood 770 Memorial Hospital Belleville 304 North Hanley Berkeley 2,713 Richmond Heights Richmond Heights 618 Rock Road Pagedale 1,408 Shiloh–Scott† Shiloh 549 Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44† St. Louis 1,523 Skinker St. Louis 887 Stadium St. Louis 1,180 Sunnen Maplewood 243 Swansea Swansea 370 UMSL North Normandy 385 UMSL South Normandy 516 Union Station St. Louis 1,142 University City–Big Bend University City 486 Washington Park Washington Park 599 Wellston Wellston 848 * Primary transfer station † Terminals
See also
References
External links
Metro – Official website for Metro Transit Citizens for Modern Transit – St. Louis transit advocacy group Bi-State Development – Official website for Bi-State Development St. Clair County Transit District – Official website for the St. Clair County Transit District Arts in Transit Website