Fairview Heights is a St. Louis MetroLink station. This station is located on the western edge of

Fairview Heights, Illinois Fairview Heights is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,078 at the 2010 census. Fairview Heights is a dominant shopping center for Southern Illinois and includes numerous shopping plazas and the St. Clair S ...

and is primarily a commuter station with 853

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 45 long-term spaces. The station is a large transfer for Illinois MetroBus routes and is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. The station and its adjoining transit center are located at the intersection of St. Clair Avenue and

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 ...

. Fairview Heights is the northernmost station served by 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 3.5 mile (5.6 km) section opened in 2019 and follows the old CSX rail alignment and Schoenberger Creek through hills and hollers 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 (22.5 km) of paved trails along MetroLink in St. Clair County, Illinois.

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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 MetroLink) Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink) {{Illinois-railstation-stub