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Laclede's Landing is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] It is located near Laclede's Landing and Gateway Arch National Park in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

Laclede's Landing
General information
Location	200 Washington Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63102
Coordinates	38.629473°N 90.184108°W / 38.629473; -90.184108
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993[1]
Passengers
2018	563 daily
Rank	26 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Convention Center toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line East Riverfront toward Shiloh–Scott Convention Center toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line East Riverfront toward Fairview Heights

Laclede's Landing is the easternmost MetroLink station in Missouri, located in the lower deck of the Eads Bridge before crossing into Illinois. The station sits at the east portal to St. Louis' historic 1875 railroad tunnel. Originally constructed to carry trains from the lower deck of the Eads Bridge to Union Station, it saw its last train (Amtrak) 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.[3]

The station is well known for its historic brickwork that frames the Gateway Arch from the platform level.[4] In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Build by Beliz Brother for installation in the station. The aluminum panels are meant to represent the drawings James Eads used to construct his namesake bridge.[5]

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform with an entrance on either end: one on Rue de L'Eglise (2nd Street) at the west end with stairs and an elevator and one on 1st Street at the east end with only stairs.

P Platform level	Westbound	←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury – Lansdowne (Convention Center) ←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Convention Center)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Shiloh – Scott (East Riverfront) → ←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (East Riverfront) →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

References

External links

• St. Louis Metro

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