Wellston 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. It is primarily a commuter station featuring 243
park and ride spaces. The station gets its name from the inner-ring suburb of
Wellston, Missouri
Wellston is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, along the northwest border of the city of St. Louis. The population was 2,313 at the 2010 census.
History
Wellston was incorporated as a city in 1909; due to "government difficulti ...
where it is located.
In 2023,
Great Rivers Greenway
The Great Rivers Greenway District is a public agency created in 2000 to develop a regional network of greenways. Great Rivers Greenway engages citizens and community partners to plan, build and care for the greenways. In its first 20 years the ...
completed a .53-mile (.85 km) extension to the St. Vincent Greenway between Trojan Park and Robert L. Powell Place. The greenway parallels Stephen Jones Avenue and then Plymouth Avenue where it connects with this station.
Station layout
Wellston is the only station on the MetroLink system with split platforms. The westbound platform is located north of Plymouth Avenue while the eastbound platform is located to the south. Each platform can be accessed via a ramp from Plymouth.
Public artwork
In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work ''Everyone Appreciates a Punctual Train'' by Mary Lucking for this station. The bronze figurines represent animals that live around the station that are unconcerned with schedules and live by the natural rhythms set by the sun and the seasons. This artwork depicts a fantastical reality in which these animals share the wait with us and commiserate with our desire to move time forward despite the unmoving clock hands.
References
External links
St. Louis Metro
MetroLink stations in St. Louis County, Missouri
Red Line (St. Louis MetroLink)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993
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