Richmond Heights station
Richmond Heights | |||||||||||
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Richmond Heights station in 2025 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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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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.
The station has a small commuter parking lot with 57 spaces and includes a kiss and ride turnaround.
Station layout
The island platform is accessed via a single ramp at the north end of the station.
Public artwork
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
References
- ^ "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.