Fairview Heights | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 9720 West
Illinois Route 161 Fairview Heights, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°35′37″N 90°02′52″W / 38.593617°N 90.047835°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 7 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections | MetroBus Illinois: 1, 12, 13 [2] | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 898 spaces [3] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks, MetroBikeLink Trail | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001[4] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 1,611 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 7 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Fairview Heights station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [5] This at-grade station is located on the western edge of Fairview Heights, Illinois near the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and Illinois Route 161. It is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line and has a pocket track allowing Blue Line trains to reverse directions and layover between runs.
Fairview Heights is primarily a commuter station with 898 park and ride spaces and a large MetroBus transfer.
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area and park and ride lot.
Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
Westbound | ←
Blue Line toward
Shrewsbury (
Washington Park) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Washington Park) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound |
Red Line toward
Shiloh–Scott (
Memorial Hospital) → Blue Line terminating trains → |
Fairview Heights is the northernmost station served by the St. Clair County Transit District's MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This 3.5-mile (5.6 km) section opened in 2019 and follows former CSX right-of-way and Schoenberger Creek through the hills of the Dutch Hollow area of Belleville and Fairview Heights. This section of trail connects to the other 11.5 miles (18.5 km) of MetroBikeLink for a total of 14 miles (23 km) of paved trails along MetroLink in St. Clair County, Illinois. [6]
Fairview Heights | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 9720 West
Illinois Route 161 Fairview Heights, Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°35′37″N 90°02′52″W / 38.593617°N 90.047835°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Bus stands | 7 [1] | |||||||||||||||
Connections | MetroBus Illinois: 1, 12, 13 [2] | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 898 spaces [3] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks, MetroBikeLink Trail | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 5, 2001[4] | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 1,611 daily | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 7 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Fairview Heights station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [5] This at-grade station is located on the western edge of Fairview Heights, Illinois near the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and Illinois Route 161. It is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line and has a pocket track allowing Blue Line trains to reverse directions and layover between runs.
Fairview Heights is primarily a commuter station with 898 park and ride spaces and a large MetroBus transfer.
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its west end that connects to the bus boarding area and park and ride lot.
Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
Westbound | ←
Blue Line toward
Shrewsbury (
Washington Park) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Washington Park) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound |
Red Line toward
Shiloh–Scott (
Memorial Hospital) → Blue Line terminating trains → |
Fairview Heights is the northernmost station served by the St. Clair County Transit District's MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This 3.5-mile (5.6 km) section opened in 2019 and follows former CSX right-of-way and Schoenberger Creek through the hills of the Dutch Hollow area of Belleville and Fairview Heights. This section of trail connects to the other 11.5 miles (18.5 km) of MetroBikeLink for a total of 14 miles (23 km) of paved trails along MetroLink in St. Clair County, Illinois. [6]