Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center (also known as JJK Center) 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.
It is adjacent to the
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in tho ...
Youth Center and Jones Park in
East St. Louis, Illinois
East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is directly across the Mississippi River from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the Gateway Arch National Park. East St. Louis is in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. Once a b ...
. It is located just west of Metro's
29th Street Yard and just north of
Interstate 64
Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at an interchang ...
's exit 4B. This station has no
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 ( ...
lot but does feature a kiss-and-ride turnaround.
Station layout
The platform is accessed via a walkway from the bus loop. There is also a set of stairs from the bus loop down the embankment to 25th Street.
References
External links
St. Louis Metro
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)
East St. Louis, Illinois
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