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Emerson Park is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] This station is a major transfer for MetroBus and Madison County Transit and features 816 park and ride spaces and 25 long-term spaces. There is a pedestrian bridge that connects the station area to the other side of nearby Interstate 64 in addition to a small retail building in the passenger plaza with four storefronts.

Emerson Park
MetroLink light rail station
General information
Location	929 North 15th Street East St. Louis, Illinois 62205
Coordinates	38.628781°N 90.136856°W / 38.628781; -90.136856
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	7
Connections	MetroBus IL: 6, 7, 8, 9 MCT Bus: 5, 18, 20X
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	841 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Rack
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 5, 2001[1]
Passengers
2018	1,094
Rank	15 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station 5th & Missouri toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center toward Shiloh–Scott 5th & Missouri toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center toward Fairview Heights

In 2014, a transit-oriented development called Jazz at Walter Circle opened adjacent to this station. The 74-unit mixed-use apartment building offers more than 100,000 square feet of floor space and includes a full service grocery store.[3]

In 2021, Citizens for Modern Transit, the St. Clair County Transit District, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit unveiled the “Transit Stop Transformation” project at the Emerson Park Transit Center. The team overseeing this project converted the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance into an interactive and engaging space that boasts a vibrant-colored jazz theme, spaces to gather, greenery, shaded seating, canopies, and a mural inspired by design concepts that were submitted by East St. Louis High School students.[4]

In 2022, the St. Clair County Transit District awarded a $13.5 million dollar contract to construct a new public safety center at the Emerson Park Transit Center. The new center will house office space for St. Clair County MetroLink Sheriff’s Deputies, a Metro Transit Operational Control Center and the St. Clair County CENCOM West 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch Center. It is expected to open in 2024.[5]

Station layout

P Platform level	Westbound	←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (5th & Missouri) ←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (5th & Missouri)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (Joyner-Kersee Center) → ←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Joyner-Kersee Center) →
	Street level	Exit/entrance, parking, buses

References

External links

• St. Louis Metro

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