Convention Center station (MetroLink)
Convention Center | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Convention Center station platform | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 600 North 6th Street St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°37′49″N 90°11′22″W / 38.630224°N 90.189362°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Madison County Transit: 1X, 5, 14X, 16X[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Closed for rehabilitation | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 31, 1993[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 1,309 daily | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 12 out of 38 | |||||||||||||||
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Convention Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[3] This subway station is located beneath the intersection of 6th Street and Washington Avenue in St. Louis' Central Business District.
History
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Convention Center was built within the historic Downtown Tunnel, constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards.[4] The tunnel closed after a final Amtrak train passed through in 1974. Rehabilitation began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink in 1993, which now uses the tunnel to connect communities in Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis.[5] In July 1992, just east of this station, a 175-foot section of the tunnel beneath Broadway and Washington Avenue collapsed, injuring no one.[6]
On January 20, 2023, Metro Transit announced that Convention Center will receive a cleaning and rehabilitation.[7][8] Major projects include removal of aging escalators, construction of new staircases and upgraded lighting and way-finding.[9] Work began shortly after the completion of the 8th & Pine station rehabilitation, with the station closing to the public on January 6, 2025.[10]
Station layout
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The station's westbound platform is accessed via an entrance in the base of the former Stix, Baer, and Fuller flagship department store building, now known as The Laurel. The westbound side can also be accessed via a set of subway stairs on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Washington Avenue. The eastbound platform is accessed via a set of subway stairs, an escalator, and an elevator in the public plaza of 600 Washington in addition to another set of subway stairs across 6th Street.
| G | Street level | Entrance/exit, buses |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (8th & Pine) ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (8th & Pine) | |
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (Laclede's Landing) → Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Laclede's Landing) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Public artwork
[edit]In 1997, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Birds in Flight by artists Peter Tao, Helen Lee, and Stuart and Stacey Morse for installation in the tunnel between the Convention Center and Laclede's Landing stations.[11] The painted panels are meant to mimic the motion of a flying bird.[12]
Notable places nearby
[edit]- America's Center
- The Dome at America's Center
- Downtown St. Louis
- Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel
- Missouri Athletic Club
- National Blues Museum
- Washington Avenue Historic District
References
[edit]- ^ "MCT Fixed Route System Map" (PDF) (Map). Madison County Transit. December 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ Lindecke, Fred W. (August 1, 1993). "Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 1A, 6A. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Convention Center Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ Primm, James, Neal (2010). Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri 1764–1980 (3rd ed.). United States: Missouri Historical Society Press. pp. 289–292. ISBN 978-1-883982-25-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "St. Louis Freight Tunnel". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Sep 02, 1992, page 3 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com". www.newspapers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Jasmine (January 20, 2023). "Periodic Changes to Evening and Weekend MetroLink Service". Metro Transit – Saint Louis. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ "Convention Center Enhancement Project". Metro Transit – Saint Louis. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Transit Infrastructure Improvements". Metro Transit – Saint Louis. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ Jerry (December 23, 2024). "Convention Center Station Temporarily Closes for Several Months Starting January 6". Metro Transit – Saint Louis. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Birds In Flight". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Birds in Flight - RACSTL". Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Convention Center station
- Metro St. Louis
Media related to Convention Center station (St. Louis MetroLink) at Wikimedia Commons
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