Civic Center Station (MetroLink)
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Civic Center station is a light rail station on the Red and
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lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This below-grade station is located near 14th and Spruce streets near
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. It is the primary transfer station for MetroBus and serves regional bus routes operated by Madison County Transit. Additionally, the station adjoins the Gateway Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by
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, and others. On August 14, 2017, MetroBus service returned to the station after an extensive renovation of the bus station portion of Civic Center. It included multiple new bus bays, a security center, an indoor waiting area and public restrooms.


Station layout

Civic Center's platform is accessed via stairs and a ramp from the MetroBus transfer and another ramp from the Gateway Transportation Center.


Bus connections

Civic Center is a major MetroBus transfer and also serves several regional Madison County Transit routes at adjacent stops on Spruce Street.


MetroBus

* 04 Natural Bridge * 10 Gravois-Lindell * 11 Chippewa * 19 St. Louis Avenue * 30 Arsenal * 31 Chouteau * 32 Dr. M.L. King * 40 Broadway-Halls Ferry * 41 Lee * 73 Carondelet * 74 Florissant * 94 Page * 97 Delmar


Madison County Transit

* 1X Riverbend Express * 5 Tri-City Regional * 14X Highland Express * 16X Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Express


Public artwork

In 2018, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work ''Wheels'' by Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker for this station. The stainless steel work is a highly visible site marker that integrates the different forms of transportation at this station. ''Wheels'' minimal footprint and the inscribed poem from T. S. Eliot invites people to circle the sculpture as they read the poem, creating the fourth wheel.


Notable places nearby

* Campbell House Museum * Central Library * Enterprise Center, home of the
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* Gateway Mall * Soldiers' Memorial * Stifel Theatre * St. Louis City Hall


References


External links


Civic Center station

Gateway Transportation Center

Madison County Transit

Metro St. Louis
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Civic Center (St. Louis Metrolink) MetroLink stations in St. Louis Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993 Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink) Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink) Downtown West, St. Louis