Union Station is a light rail station on the

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and

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lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This below-grade station is located partially within the former baggage tunnel beneath historic

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near 18th Street at its intersection with Clark Avenue.

Station layout

The station is located at the east portal of the Union Station Tunnel. Its platform is accessed via an elevator and staircase from the west within the Union Station train shed and a staircase on the north embankment.

Public artwork

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work ''Spring Forth'' by Jim Gallucci for this 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 area.

Notable places nearby

* Brickline Greenway *

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, home of

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, home of the

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* Gateway Mall *

, home of the St. Louis Aquarium *

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References

External links

Metro St. Louis

St. Louis Union Station

Union Station (MetroLink)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Union Station (St. Louis Metrolink) MetroLink stations in St. Louis Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink) Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993 Railway tunnels in Missouri