Stadium station (MetroLink)

Stadium station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.^[2] This below-grade station is located alongside 8th Street between Spruce Street and Clark Avenue.

The west portal of the St. Louis Freight Tunnel at Stadium

Stadium
Stadium station platforms seen from above
General information
Location	400 South 8th Street St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38.623475°N 90.194615°W / 38.623475; -90.194615
Owned by	Bi-State Development
Operated by	Metro Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[1]
Previous names	Busch Stadium
Passengers
2018	1,180 daily
Rank	13 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station Civic Center toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44 Blue Line 8th & Pine toward Fairview Heights Civic Center toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1 Red Line 8th & Pine toward Shiloh–Scott
Location

Stadium sits at the west portal of the historic St. Louis Freight Tunnel, constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards.^[3] The tunnel closed after a final Amtrak train passed through in 1974. Rehabilitation began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink in 1993, which now uses the tunnel to connect communities in Illinois and Missouri via downtown St. Louis.^[4]

Station layout

Both platforms are connected to Clark Avenue with accessible ramps or stairs. There are also stairs connecting the platforms to Spruce Street.

G	Street level	Entrance/exit
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	←      Blue Line toward Shrewsbury (Civic Center) ←      Red Line toward Lambert Airport (Civic Center)
	Eastbound	←      Red Line toward Shiloh–Scott (8th & Pine) → ←      Blue Line toward Fairview Heights (8th & Pine) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Public artwork

Out of the Park by Andrews/LeFevre Studios

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Out of the Park by Andrews/LeFevre Studios for this station. The anodized aluminum sculpture is a dynamic abstraction of a baseball being hit “out of the park” and echoes the shape and proportions of the Gateway Arch.^[5]

Notable places nearby

• Ballpark Village
• Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals
• Field House Museum
• Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse

References

1. Lindecke, Fred W. (August 1, 1993). "Area Riders Throng to Try MetroLink". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 1A, 6A. Retrieved April 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Stadium Station". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
3. Primm, James, Neal (2010). Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri 1764–1980 (3rd ed.). United States: Missouri Historical Society Press. pp. 289–292. ISBN 978-1-883982-25-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. "St. Louis Freight Tunnel". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
5. "Out of the Park". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

External links

Media related to Stadium station (MetroLink) at Wikimedia Commons

• Stadium station – St. Louis Metro
• Clark Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Spruce Street entrance from Google Maps Street View