Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center Station
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station (also known as JJK Center) is a light rail station on the
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and
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lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station is adjacent to the
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games. Joyne ...
Youth Center and just north of
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's exit 4B (25th Street) in
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. This station has no
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lot but does feature a
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turnaround.


Station layout

The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area. There is also a set of stairs from the bus loop down an embankment to 25th Street.


Bus connections

The following MetroBus lines serve Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center station: * 06 Rosemont * 09 Washington Park


Notable places nearby

* Jones Park


References


External links


St. Louis Metro
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