Red Line (St Louis MetroLink)
The Red Line is the older and longer line of the MetroLink light rail service in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It serves 29 stations across three counties and two states in Greater St. Louis. History Transit planning along the Airport/Central Corridor began as early as 1971, when it was selected as the region's primary target for further study. In 1983, funding was approved to evaluate five mode alternatives, which culminated in a 1984 draft environmental impact statement. After a series of public hearings, the East–West Gateway Council of Governments, a council composed of the region's local governments, adopted light rail as the preferred mode alternative. The project's capital expense budget was $287.7 million (equivalent to $ in dollars), which covered design and engineering, procurement, construction, and testing. Arts in Transit In the initial design phase of MetroLink, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned a group of artists to design unique bridge pi ...
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Union Station (MetroLink)
Union Station is a St. Louis St. Louis MetroLink, MetroLink station. It is partially located underneath historic Union Station (St. Louis), St. Louis Union Station and primarily serves the Downtown West, St. Louis, Downtown West area, including Citypark (St. Louis), CITYPARK Stadium and the St. Louis Aquarium. The station is located below 18th Street at its intersection with Clark Avenue near the St. Louis Post Office and utilizes the former baggage tunnel at Union Station. In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work ''Spring Forth'' by Jim Gallucci for installation near the 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 Greater St. Louis, area. Station layout The platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase on the west end from the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the embankment on the east end. ...
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