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Convention Center is a St. Louis MetroLink subway station.[2] It is one of three stations to have an escalator system, with the other two being 8th & Pine and Lambert Airport Terminal 1. This station is located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri and primarily serves the Dome and convention facilities at America's Center, the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel, and the Washington Avenue Loft District.

Convention Center
MetroLink light rail station
General information
Location	600 North 6th Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Coordinates	38.630224°N 90.189362°W / 38.630224; -90.189362
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993[1]
Passengers
2018	1,309 daily
Rank	12 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station 8th & Pine toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Laclede's Landing toward Shiloh–Scott 8th & Pine toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Laclede's Landing toward Fairview Heights

This station was built within the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel that originally opened in 1875. Built to carry train traffic from the Eads Bridge to Union Station, it saw its last train (Amtrak) in 1974. Renovation of the tunnels began in 1991 to prepare them for the opening of MetroLink in 1993. In 1992, just east of this station, a portion of the tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and Broadway collapsed, injuring no one.[3]

In 1997, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Birds in Flight by artists Peter Tao, Helen Lee, and Stuart and Stacey Morse for installation in the tunnel between the Convention Center and Laclede's Landing stations. The painted panels are meant to mimic the motion of a flying bird.[4]

Station layout

The station's westbound platform is accessed via an entrance in the base of the former Stix, Baer, and Fuller flagship department store building, now known as The Laurel. The westbound side can also be accessed via a set of subway stairs on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Washington Avenue. The eastbound platform is accessed via a set of subway stairs, an escalator, and an elevator in the public plaza of 600 Washington in addition to another set of subway stairs across 6th Street.

G	Street level	Entrance/exit and buses
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (8th & Pine) ←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (8th & Pine)
	Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Laclede's Landing) → ←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Laclede's Landing) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

External links

• St. Louis Metro
• North 6th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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