College station is a

St. Louis MetroLink MetroLink is the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan mass transit system serving Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois. The system consists of two rail lines (Red Line and Blue Line) connecting St. Louis Lambert International Airport and ...

station. This station serves

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 Commu ...

and the Green Mount Commons shopping center near the eastern edge of Belleville, Illinois. It is also a large commuter station featuring 598

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system ( ...

spaces and 25 long-term spaces.

Station layout

MetroBikeLink

College station has a connection to the

St. Clair County Transit District The St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) is a transit district that serves fifteen townships in northern St. Clair County, Illinois. Created in 1981 under the authority of the Illinois Mass Transit District Act, it levies a half-cent sales ta ...

's MetroBikeLink

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 ...

system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College. Here, trail users can connect with pathways on the college campus and the East Belleville YMCA Loop Trail just north of

Illinois Route 161 Illinois Route 161 (abbreviated IL 161) is an east–west highway with its western terminus at St. Clair Avenue in Fairview Heights and its official eastern terminus at Illinois Route 37 near Kell. This is an official distance of . The road ...

(Carlyle Avenue).

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St. Clair County Transit District MetroLink stations in St. Clair County, Illinois College station Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001 Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink) Railway stations in Illinois at university and college campuses {{Illinois-railstation-stub