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Stadium is a St. Louis MetroLink station.[2] This station serves Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, Cupples Station, and Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

Stadium
MetroLink light rail station
General information
Location	400 South 8th Street St. Louis, Missouri 63102
Coordinates	38.623475°N 90.194615°W / 38.623475; -90.194615
Owned by	Bi-State Development Agency
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993[1]
Passengers
2018	1,180 daily
Rank	13 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Civic Center toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line 8th & Pine toward Shiloh–Scott Civic Center toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line 8th & Pine toward Fairview Heights

The Stadium station sits at the west portal to St. Louis' historic 1875 railroad tunnel. Originally constructed to carry trains from 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]

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Out of the Park by Andrews/LeFevre Studios for installation in the station. The anodized aluminum sculpture is a dynamic abstraction of a baseball being hit “out of the park” and echoes the shape and proportions of the Gateway Arch.[4]

Station layout

Both platforms are accessed via a set of stairs from Spruce Street and a set of ramps from Clark Avenue. The westbound platform can also be accessed via a set of stairs from Clark Avenue.

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

References

External links

• St. Louis Metro
• Clark Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Spruce Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Stadium station satellite view

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