Stadium is a
St. Louis MetroLink station. This station serves
Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium (also referred to informally as "New Busch Stadium" or "Busch Stadium III") is a baseball stadium located in St. Louis, Missouri. The stadium serves as the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) ...
, home of the
St. Louis Cardinals, Cupples Station, and
Ballpark Village in downtown
St. Louis, Missouri.
The Stadium station sits at the west portal to St. Louis' historic 1875 railroad tunnel. Originally constructed to carry trains from the Eads Bridge to Union Station, it saw its last train (
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...
) 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 west of downtown St. Louis.
In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work ''Out of the Park'' by Andrews/LeFevre Studios for installation in the 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.
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.
References
External links
St. Louis MetroClark Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street ViewSpruce Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewStadium station satellite view
MetroLink stations in St. Louis
Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993
1993 establishments in Missouri
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