Washington Park 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's platform is located on the city limit line between
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 ...
and
Washington Park, Illinois
Washington Park is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,196 as of the 2010 census, down from 5,345 in 2000.
History
Washington Park filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in July 2009, citing assets of ...
. It is primarily a
MetroBus transfer and a commuter station with 681
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 commuting, commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail t ...
spaces and 25 long-term spaces. The park and ride lot is accessed from North Kingshighway and St. Clair Avenue.
East St. Louis Senior High School
East Saint Louis Senior High School is the only high school located in East St. Louis, Illinois. The school serves about 1,438 students in grades 9 to 12 in the East Saint Louis Public Schools district. It was featured in the Jonathan Kozol book ' ...
is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south of the station and the Southern Illinois Correctional Center is roughly one half mile (0.8 km) north of the station.
Station layout
The platform is accessed via a walkway that leads to the bus transfer and parking lot to the north of the tracks and 53rd Street to the south of the tracks.
References
External links
St. Louis Metro
St. Clair County Transit District
MetroLink stations in St. Clair County, Illinois
Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
Blue Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001
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