Emerson Park | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 929 North 15th Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°37′44″N 90°08′13″W / 38.628781°N 90.136856°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 10 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections |
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Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 841 spaces [4] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001[5] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 1,094 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 15 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Emerson Park station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [6] This at-grade station is located near 15th Street and Bowman Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. It also serves as a transfer for MetroBus and Madison County Transit and features 841 park and ride spaces.
There is a pedestrian bridge across nearby Interstate 64 that connects this station to other parts of East St. Louis.
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. [7]
In 2021, the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance was updated into a space with 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. The second "Transit Stop Transformation" project to be completed, it was unveiled on August 23, 2021, by Citizens for Modern Transit, the St. Clair County Transit District, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit. [8]
In 2022, the St. Clair County Transit District awarded a $13.5 million contract to construct a new public safety center at this station. 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 will have public restrooms for riders and is expected to open in 2024. [9]
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area and Bowman Avenue.
Westbound | ←
Blue Line toward
Shrewsbury (
5th & Missouri) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (5th & Missouri) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound |
Red Line toward
Shiloh–Scott (
JJK Center) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (JJK Center) → |
Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
Emerson Park | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 929 North 15th Street East St. Louis, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°37′44″N 90°08′13″W / 38.628781°N 90.136856°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 10 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections |
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Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 841 spaces [4] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Rack | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001[5] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 1,094 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 15 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Emerson Park station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [6] This at-grade station is located near 15th Street and Bowman Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. It also serves as a transfer for MetroBus and Madison County Transit and features 841 park and ride spaces.
There is a pedestrian bridge across nearby Interstate 64 that connects this station to other parts of East St. Louis.
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. [7]
In 2021, the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance was updated into a space with 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. The second "Transit Stop Transformation" project to be completed, it was unveiled on August 23, 2021, by Citizens for Modern Transit, the St. Clair County Transit District, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit. [8]
In 2022, the St. Clair County Transit District awarded a $13.5 million contract to construct a new public safety center at this station. 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 will have public restrooms for riders and is expected to open in 2024. [9]
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area and Bowman Avenue.
Westbound | ←
Blue Line toward
Shrewsbury (
5th & Missouri) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (5th & Missouri) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound |
Red Line toward
Shiloh–Scott (
JJK Center) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (JJK Center) → |
Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |