MetroLink (St. Louis)

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Light rail transportation system in Greater St. Louis
St Louis Metrolink train.jpg
MetroLink at Union Station in St. Louis
MetroLink
Operator:
  • Bi-State Development Agency
Start of operation:
  • July 31, 1993
Number of stations:
  • 37
Daily passenger volume:
  • 51,716 (2010)
Route network
Lines:
MetroLink map (article version) .svg
Overall length:
  • 74 km
technology
Gauge:
Electrification:
Number of vehicles:
  • 87
Average speed:
  • 39.8 km / h
Top speed:
  • 105 km / h

Metrolink is a Light-rail -Nahverkehrssystem (with a rail equivalent) in the US -amerikanischen metropolitan Greater St. Louis in Missouri and Illinois .

The 74 km long route network connects Lambert International Airport , Shrewsbury and Scott Airbase near Shiloh in Illinois with the city center of St. Louis via 37 stations . The weekly passenger volume is 51,716.

MetroLink is part of Metro Transit St. Louis , along with MetroBus and Metro Call-A-Ride, and is operated by the Bi-State Development Agency . This is an organization jointly maintained by the states of Illinois and Missouri, the city of St. Louis and St. Louis Counties in Missouri, and St. Clair Counties and Monroe Counties in Illinois.

history

A MetroLink train crosses Eads Bridge from St. Louis, MO to East St. Louis, IL

In 1990 construction began on the first line between North Hanley and 5th & Missouri Station in East St. Louis , Illinois. On July 31, 1993, the route was handed over to its destination. In 1994, North Hanley was expanded to the west to Lambert Airport . In the same year, the East Riverfront station in East St. Louis was inaugurated. Four years later, another stop was added with the Lambert Airport East station. Much of the cost came from federal funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

MetroLink exceeded expectations in terms of the number of users, but the railway grew very slowly. The construction of planned extensions was delayed due to insufficient funds from the FTA. An increasing part of the costs was contributed from local and regional sources. Currently, most of the operating costs are financed from regional funds.

In 1998 construction began on the extension to Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois, and was completed in 2001. This section added eight new stations and seven park-and-ride spaces.

In May 2003 the route was extended by the 5.6 km long section from Bellville to Scott Airbase near Shiloh. Most of the costs were paid for by the Illinois State Fund for Infrastructure, Roads, Schools, and Transit ( FIRST ). A smaller portion was borne by the St. Clair County Transit District .

Grand Station in Midtown St. Louis

On August 26, 2006, a second line was inaugurated with the route via Brentwood to Shrewsbury . The free park-and-ride course in Brentwood with a capacity of 1000 cars was completed on June 12, 2007.

On October 27, 2008, the name of the lines, which is still valid today, was introduced. The line to the airport became the Red Line , the trains running today from Shrewsbury , MO to Fairview Heights , IL to the Blue Line and signposted according to the color scheme.

chronology

date event Stations Route length
07/31/1993 Opening of the line between North Hanley and 5th & Missouri 16 22.4 km
05/14/1994 Opening of the East Riverfront station on the existing route 1 -
06/25/1994 Opening of the extension to Lambert International Airport 1 5.1 km
December 23, 1998 Opening of the Lambert Airport East station on the existing route 1 -
05/05/2001 Extension to Station College in Belleville , IL 8th 28.0 km
06/23/2003 Expansion to Scott Airbase in Shiloh , IL 1 5.6 km
08/26/2006 Opening of the line to Shrewsbury , MO 9 12.1 km
total 37 74.0 km

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (PDF) ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 29, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metrostlouis.org
  2. ^ Metro Transit St. Louis. Retrieved February 29, 2012
  3. ↑ Virgil Tipton (June 22, 1994): MetroLink Opens Lambert Stop Saturday, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved February 29, 2012
  4. ^ Robert Goodrich (April 27, 1994), "East St. Louis Starring in MetroLink" St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved February 29, 2012
  5. ^ (December 23, 1998) "2nd MetroLink station opens at Lambert" St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved February 29, 2012

Web links

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