Civic Center is a train and bus station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri serving the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink.[2] It is also the primary transfer station for MetroBus and a bus terminal for Madison County Transit. The station is located near Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues, Soldiers Memorial, and the Saint Louis Public Library Central Library. The station also serves the adjoining Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by Amtrak, Greyhound, and Megabus.
Civic Center | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 1413 Spruce Street St. Louis, Missouri 63103 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38.624925°N 90.203170°W / 38.624925; -90.203170 | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development Agency | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Train operators | MetroLink | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Bus operators | MetroBus Madison County Transit | |||||||||||||||
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Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks | |||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 31, 1993[1] | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2,217 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 5 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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.[3]
In 2018, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Wheels by Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker for installation at the 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 invite people to circle the sculpture as they read the poem, creating the fourth wheel.[4]
Civic Center's platform is accessed via a set of stairs and a ramp from the MetroBus transfer and another ramp from Clark Avenue.
P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Union Station) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Union Station) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | ← Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Stadium) → ← Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Stadium) → | |
Street level | Exit/entrance, access to Gateway Transportation Center |
Many MetroBus routes stop here:[5]
The center is also a terminal for several bus routes of the Madison County Transit System, which serves the Metro East area of St. Louis.[6]