Civic Center station (MetroLink)

For other stations named Civic Center, see Civic Center station.

Civic Center
Civic Center station platform
General information
Location1413 Spruce Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′30″N 90°12′11″W / 38.624925°N 90.203170°W / 38.624925; -90.203170
Owned byBi-State Development Agency
Operated byMetro Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Bus stands17[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1993 (1993-07-31)[2]
Rebuilt2017
Passengers
20182,217 daily
Rank5 out of 38
Services
Preceding station MetroLink Following station
Union Station
toward Shrewsbury–Lansdowne I-44
 Blue Line Stadium
toward Fairview Heights
Union Station
toward Lambert Airport Terminal 1
 Red Line Stadium
toward Shiloh–Scott
Location

Civic Center station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system.[3] This below-grade station is located near 14th and Spruce streets near Interstate 64. It is the primary transfer station for MetroBus and serves regional bus routes operated by Madison County Transit. Additionally, the station adjoins the Gateway Transportation Center which has intercity services provided by Amtrak, Greyhound, and others.

On August 14, 2017, MetroBus service returned to the station after an extensive renovation of the bus station portion of Civic Center. It included multiple new bus bays, a security center, an indoor waiting area and public restrooms.[4]

Station layout

Civic Center's platform is accessed via stairs and a ramp from the MetroBus transfer and another ramp from the Gateway Transportation Center.

Bus connections

Civic Center is a major MetroBus transfer and also serves several regional Madison County Transit routes at adjacent stops on Spruce Street.[3][5]

MetroBus

  • 04 Natural Bridge
  • 10 Gravois-Lindell
  • 11 Chippewa
  • 19 St. Louis Avenue
  • 30 Arsenal
  • 31 Chouteau
  • 32 Dr. M.L. King
  • 40 Broadway-Halls Ferry
  • 41 Lee
  • 73 Carondelet
  • 74 Florissant
  • 94 Page
  • 97 Delmar

Madison County Transit

  • 1X Riverbend Express
  • 05 Tri-City Regional
  • 14X Highland Express
  • 16X Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Express

Public artwork

In 2018, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Wheels by Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker for this station. The stainless steel work is a highly visible site marker that integrates the different forms of transportation at this station. Wheels minimal footprint and the inscribed poem from T. S. Eliot invites people to circle the sculpture as they read the poem, creating the fourth wheel.[6]

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ "Metro Transit Center: Bus Bay Layout" (PDF), Metro Transit, p. 7, December 2024, retrieved April 28, 2025
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Civic Center Station". Metro Transit – Saint Louis. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  4. ^ Hibbard, Matthew (July 18, 2017). "Special Events Planned Ahead of Civic Center Transit Center Reopening". metrostlouis.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Bus Schedules – Madison County Transit". Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "Wheels". Arts in Transit, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
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