Belleville station is a light rail station on the Red Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[5] This at-grade station bisects Scheel Street in the northern section of Belleville, Illinois approximately one-mile (1.6 km) from the center of town. It features a MetroBus transfer and 321 park and ride spaces.
Belleville | |||||||||||
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 An eastbound Red Line train approaches Belleville | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 800 Scheel Street Belleville, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°31′18″N 89°58′28″W / 38.52180°N 89.97432°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bi-State Development | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bus stands | 5[1] | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MetroBus Illinois: 1, 15, 16, 17[2] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 321 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks, MetroBikeLink Trail | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 5, 2001[4] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 534 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 28 out of 38 | ||||||||||
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This station also includes a small retail building with four storefronts near the bus boarding plaza.
History edit
Belleville has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's 14-mile (23 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a 4-mile (6.4 km) trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College.[6] Just south of this station, trail users can connect to the Orchard Loop Connector and to the north, the Richland Creek Greenway.[7]
In 2022, the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance was updated into a space with a vibrant-colored “Art Grows in Belleville” theme and includes new custom bike racks, shade structures, a Belleville city logo sign, benches, planters and elevated window artwork. The third "Transit Stop Transformation" project to be completed, it was unveiled on June 26, 2022, by Citizens for Modern Transit, the St. Clair County Transit District, AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit.[8]
Station layout edit
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp on its east end that connects to the bus boarding area on the south side of the tracks and Scheel Street on the north side.
| Westbound | ← Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Swansea) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Eastbound | Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (College) → |
| Street | Entrance/exit, bus bays, park and ride |
Notable places nearby edit
References edit
- ^ "Bus Bays" (PDF). Metro Transit. January 2021. p. 9. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Illinois System Map" (Map). Metro Transit. April 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "System Addresses". Metro Transit. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ Leiser, Ken (April 30, 2001). "MetroLink Extension Opens This Weekend With Parking to Spare". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. A9. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Belleville Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Cella, Kim (May 16, 2022). "SCCTD Encourages Use of the MetroBikeLink System During National Bike to Work Week". Citizens For Modern Transit. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "SCCTD MetroBikeLink System". St. Clair County Transit District. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Cella, Kim (June 26, 2022). "The "Transit Stop Transformation Project" at Belleville Transit Center Opens to the Public". Citizens For Modern Transit. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
