Richmond Heights station is a light rail station on the Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[3] This at-grade station is located near the interchange of Interstate 170 and Galleria Parkway in Richmond Heights, Missouri.
Richmond Heights | |||||||||||
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 Richmond Heights station platform | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 8001 Galleria Parkway Richmond Heights, Missouri | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°38′06″N 90°20′32″W / 38.634890°N 90.342183°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 57 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Rack | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 26, 2006[2] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 618 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 23 out of 38 | ||||||||||
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The station has a small commuter parking lot with 57 spaces and includes a kiss and ride turnaround.
Station layout edit
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp at the north end of the station.
| Street | Entrance/exit, park and ride lot |
| Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Brentwood I-64) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Eastbound | Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (Clayton) → |
Public artwork edit
In 2009, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Mime by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel for this station. A collar of stainless steel convex mirrors absorbs and reflects everything seen in the station environs.[4]
Notable places nearby edit
References edit
- ^ "System Addresses". Metro Transit. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Next Stop: Shrewsbury". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 20, 2006. p. C2. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Richmond Heights Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Mime". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
External links edit
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