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Swansea Station (MetroLink)
Swansea is a St. Louis Metrolink station. The station is located in Swansea, Illinois between Illinois State Routes 159 and 161. This is primarily a commuter station and has 716 park and ride spaces and 25 long-term spaces. The Swansea station has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's 14 mile (22.5 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a 4 mile (6.4 km) trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College. Just south of this station, trail users can connect to the Richland Creek Greenway in Belleville, Illinois. In 2019, an $11 million transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ... called Metro Landing of Swansea ...
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MetroLink (St
Metrolink, MetroLink, or Metro-link is the name of several transport services throughout the world: Australia *Metro-link Bus Lines, a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales *TransdevTSL, formerly known as MetroLink, former joint venture between Transdev and Transfield Services **Transdev Brisbane Ferries, formerly known as Metrolink Queensland, a ferry operator in Brisbane, Queensland ** MetroLink Victoria, former operator of Yarra Trams in Melbourne, Victoria *Sydney Metro (2008 proposal), also known as Metro Link Canada *MetroLink (Halifax), a bus rapid transit service in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia India *Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Ireland *MetroLink (Dublin), a proposed metro line in Dublin city. New Zealand *Metrolink, a division of NZ Bus that operated bus services in Auckland United Kingdom *Manchester Metrolink, a light rail network in Greater Manc ...
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Southwestern Illinois College
Southwestern Illinois College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Belleville, Granite City, and Red Bud. It also has off-campus sites throughout the district, including Scott Air Force Base and the East St. Louis Community College Center. History The college was founded in 1946 as Belleville Junior College, operating under the jurisdiction of Belleville Township High School District 201. More than 60 percent of the 169 students enrolled for its first semester were World War II veterans who had just returned from service. In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Illinois Junior College Act, which created community college districts throughout the state. The following year, area residents voted to establish the Class I Belleville Junior College District 522. Belleville Junior College became Belleville Area College July 1, 1967. Construction of the Belleville Campus on Carlyle Avenue was completed in 1971. In 1983, the college opened the Grani ...
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MetroLink Stations In St
Metrolink, MetroLink, or Metro-link is the name of several transport services throughout the world: Australia *Metro-link Bus Lines, a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales *TransdevTSL, formerly known as MetroLink, former joint venture between Transdev and Transfield Services **Transdev Brisbane Ferries, formerly known as Metrolink Queensland, a ferry operator in Brisbane, Queensland ** MetroLink Victoria, former operator of Yarra Trams in Melbourne, Victoria *Sydney Metro (2008 proposal), also known as Metro Link Canada *MetroLink (Halifax), a bus rapid transit service in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia India *Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, a rapid transit system for the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Ireland *MetroLink (Dublin), a proposed metro line in Dublin city. New Zealand *Metrolink, a division of NZ Bus that operated bus services in Auckland United Kingdom *Manchester Metrolink, a light rail network in Greater Manc ...
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Belleville Station (MetroLink)
Belleville is a St. Louis MetroLink station. The station bisects Scheel Street in the northern section of Belleville, Illinois approximately one mile (1.6 km) from the center of town. It has a MetroBus transfer and a large parking lot on the southwest side of the tracks that features 287 park and ride spaces and 34 long-term spaces. Like the Emerson Park Transit Center, this station also includes a small retail building with four storefronts near the bus boarding plaza. The Belleville station has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's 14 mile (22.5 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a 4 mile (6.4 km) trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College Southwestern Illinois College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Belleville, Granite City, and Red Bud. It also has off-campus sites throughout the district, in ...
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Shiloh–Scott Station
Shiloh-Scott is a St. Louis MetroLink station. Located adjacent to Scott Air Force Base in Shiloh, Illinois, this station is the eastern terminus of the MetroLink system. It opened on June 23, 2003, as part of Phase 2 of the St. Clair County Extension, which extended MetroLink from College to Shiloh-Scott. The Shiloh-Scott station is the terminus for the St. Clair County Transit District's 14 mile (22.5 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. The 2.9 mile (4.7 km) segment connecting the College station to Shiloh-Scott was opened in 2017. Station layout The station is divided into two sections: one side is open to the general public and the other side to those with Scott Air Force Base security clearances. Each side has its own park and ride lot. Extensions in Progress A 5.2-mile (8.4 km) expansion of the Red Line from Shiloh-Scott to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah Mascoutah is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, named for the Mascouten ...
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Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks. Advantages and tradeoffs Island platforms are necessary for any station with many th ...
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Memorial Hospital Station
Memorial Hospital station is a St. Louis MetroLink station. It is located under an overpass on Frank Scott Parkway and serves Memorial Hospital Belleville (for which it is named) and the northern neighborhoods of Belleville, Illinois Belleville is a city and the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois, coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The p .... The station has 431 park and ride spaces across three parking lots. The Memorial Hospital station has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. Station layout References External links St. Louis MetroFrank Scott Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View {{Authority control St. Clair County Transit District MetroLink stations in St. Clair County, Illinois Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001 Red Line (St. Louis ...
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Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Station
Lambert Airport Terminal 1 is a St. Louis MetroLink station. It is one of three stations to have an escalator system, with the other two being 8th & Pine and Convention Center. The station is attached to the eastern end of Terminal 1 at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport and also serves some nearby hotels. Terminal 1 serves Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Cape Air, Delta, Frontier Airlines, Spirit, and United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
. In 2014, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work ''Nucleic Life Formation'' by Amy Cheng for installation in the station. ''Nucleic Life Formation'' consists of two abstract mural designs, one over the station's escalators, the other adjacent to the platform e ...
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Transit-oriented Development
In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between dense, compact urban form and public transport use. In doing so, TOD aims to increase public transport ridership by reducing the use of private cars and by promoting sustainable urban growth. TOD typically includes a central transit stop (such as a train station, or light rail or bus stop) surrounded by a high-density mixed-use area, with lower-density areas spreading out from this center. TOD is also typically designed to be more walkable than other built-up areas, by using smaller block sizes and reducing the land area dedicated to automobiles. The densest areas of TOD are normally located within a radius of to mile (400 to 800 m) around the central transit stop, as this is considered to be an appropriate scale for pedestrians, thu ...
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Belleville, Illinois
Belleville is a city and the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois, coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The population was 44,478 according to the Census Bureau's 2010 data, making it the largest city in the state south of Springfield. Belleville is the eighth-most populated city in the state outside the Chicago metropolitan area, and the most-populated city in southern Illinois and in the Metro-East region of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Due to its proximity to Scott Air Force Base, the population receives a boost from military and federal civilian personnel, defense contractors, and military retirees. History George Blair named the city of Belleville in 1814. Because Blair donated an acre of his land for the town square and an additional adjoining the square for the new county seat, the legislature transferred the county seat from th ...
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Shared-use Path
A shared-use path, mixed-use path or multi-use pathway is a path which is 'designed to accommodate the movement of pedestrians and cyclists'. Examples of shared-use paths include sidewalks designated as shared-use, bridleways and rail trails. A shared-use path typically has a surface that is asphalt, concrete or firmly packed crushed aggregate. Shared-use paths differ from cycle tracks and cycle paths in that shared-use paths are designed to include pedestrians even if the primary anticipated users are cyclists. The path may also permit other users such as inline skating. Contrastingly, Motorcycles and mopeds are normally prohibited. Shared-use paths sometimes provide different lanes for users who travel at different speeds to prevent conflicts between user groups on high-use trails. Shared-use paths are criticised for creating conflict between different users. Types Bridleways In the UK, cyclists are legally permitted to cycle on bridleways (paths open to horse riders), ...
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